By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.