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.

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

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

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Because holiday cheer is at its finest when it includes eerie mannequins, right?

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.