Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

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

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.

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

The site of the earliest colonial settlement in the Bahamas started as a place of religious refuge.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.