This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

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

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

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

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

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

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