This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

An oasis of shade and color amidst the bustle of the old city.

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

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

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

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

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

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

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

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

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

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.