When World War II came to Canada, Fort Péninsule was part of the first line of defense for Allied shipping convoys.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

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

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

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

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.