Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

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

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

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.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

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

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.