The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

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

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

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

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

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

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

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.