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

This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

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

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Where Nor'easters go to die.