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Redpath Museum

Montreal, Québec

Redpath Museum

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Evening at the Market

Montreal, Québec

Marché Jean-Talon

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

Ceiling Ship

Montreal, Québec

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel (The Sailors' Church)

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

Marche Bonsecours

Montreal, Québec

Marché Bonsecours

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

Square Victoria

Montreal, Québec

Paris Métro Sign at Victoria Square

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A close-up of the sculpture.

Montreal, Québec

'Di-Octo II'

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

Historical "Farine Five Roses" sign on a cold winter night

Montreal, Québec

Farine Five Roses Sign

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

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

Burlington, Vermont

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The old Western store
Permanently Closed

Schroon Lake, New York

Frontier Town

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The Science Barge docks in Manhattan

Yonkers, New York

The Science Barge

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

Bannerman's Castle

Beacon, New York

Bannerman's Castle

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The southern tip of Esopus Island.

Staatsburg, New York

Esopus Island

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

Sisyphus Stones with GW Bridge.

New York, New York

The Sisyphus Stones

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Roses.

Portsmouth, England

Lumps Fort aka Southsea Rose Garden

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

Magdalena Peninsula.

Santander, Spain

Magdalena Peninsula

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

Calatrava obelisk in Madrid seen from the monument to Calvo Sotelo.

Madrid, Spain

Caja Madrid Obelisk

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

View of  the Lucky Frog

Madrid, Spain

Spain's Good Luck Frog

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

The Great Vine.

East Molesey, England

The Great Vine

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

The "Out of Order" public art installation by David Mach.

London, England

‘Out of Order’

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

The central interior of Leadenhall Market

London, England

Leadenhall Market

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

Diesel generators

Madrid, Spain

Nave de Motores de Pacífico (Pacifico Engine Shed)

Built to power trains, the engines in this building provided the entire city of Madrid with electricity during the Spanish Civil War.

Federico Martín Bahamontes

Toledo, Spain

Monument to the Eagle of Toledo

An homage to the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France.

Talaytula written in Arabic in the lower part of the window

Toledo, Spain

The Smallest Window in the World

At least according to the Guinness World Records.

The Roman Baths of Toledo

Toledo, Spain

The Roman Baths of Toledo

The fragmented remains of a massive public bath connected to the city's water supply.

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