Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."