This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A building that was once a general store, a speakeasy, and a newspaper office now holds a small gallery filled with New Orleans photography.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

When World War II came to Canada, Fort Péninsule was part of the first line of defense for Allied shipping convoys.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.