Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Museum of Fijian history, including its former tradition of cannibalism.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

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

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

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.