This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The ceiling of this shopping arcade is adorned with six trompe-l’œil artworks, including a grim funeral scene.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

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

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

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

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

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The Guinness Record holder as the "tallest cinema in the world" is a building with screens in almost every one of its 12 floors

The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.