Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

The world's largest rotating world.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.