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

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

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

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

This historical manor is complete with a magnificent garden.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.

This 17th-century manor house provides a fascinating glimpse into old-world Mallorcan life.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.