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.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

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

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.