The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

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

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

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

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

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

A touching tribute to the "Wonkey Donkey."

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

The remains of the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

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