Detroit, Michigan
John K. King Used & Rare Books
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
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Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
Gatineau, Québec
Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.
Montreal, Québec
The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Montreal, Québec
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Montreal, Québec
A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.
Montreal, Québec
Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Vaughan, Ontario
This former big box store has been reimagined as a massive public art space.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.
Ottawa, Ontario
The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.
Pickering, Ontario
The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.
Campbellford, Ontario
This giant Canadian coin is a monument to the artist who created its iconic emblem.
Ottawa, Ontario
These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.
Toronto, Ontario
Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
London, Ontario
The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.
Wawa, Ontario
This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.
Ottawa, Ontario
A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.