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

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

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.