This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

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

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

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

This unusual building straddles two countries.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.