This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

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

This unusual building straddles two countries.

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

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

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 contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

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

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

1% of Greenland's entire population used to live in this single building, which is now slated for demolition.

Greenland's first shopping mall also hosts the country's government.

Walrus skulls and narwhal bones were found here while excavating a 900-year old church.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

Five soviet prisoners of war were executed at this spot just days before the liberation of Norway.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.