An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

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

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

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

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

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.