Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

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

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

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

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

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

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

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

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.

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

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.