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

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.

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

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.