This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

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

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

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

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.

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

A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

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

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

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

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.