The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

This tunnel looks like a sliver of Shanghai that's stuck in the past.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

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

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

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

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.