Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

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

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.