The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

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

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

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

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

This retro diner claims to be the birthplace of poutine.

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.