Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.