A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

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

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

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

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

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

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.