During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

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

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

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.