The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.