The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

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

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

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

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.