A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

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

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

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

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.

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

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.