What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

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

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

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

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

The library of every book lover's dreams.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.