The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

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

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

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

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

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.