Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

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

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.

A memorial to the victims of Argentina's "Dirty War."

Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.