These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

A rare venue to buy specialty maps.

This defunct Champlain Oil service station harkens back to the early days of automobiles.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

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

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

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.

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.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.