In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The magic's in the hole!

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

First mosque in Canada, second in North America.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.