This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

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

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

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

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

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

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.