The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Cape Breton landmark filled with recognizable faces.

Thanks to its curved shape, this incredibly durable dam "whispers" to visitors.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

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

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

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

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

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.