The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

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

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

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

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

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

A white oak with property rights.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.