Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.