Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

An unusual manor of stunning beauty, born out of a crippling disease.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

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

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

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

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”