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Best Attractions in North America (2026)

Landmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.

150 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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22. Millennium Park

Urban park and public artThe Loop

Millennium Park is a free public park in the Loop, home to Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion and the Lurie Garden.

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23. Mount Royal Park

Urban park and lookoutMount Royal

Frederick Law Olmsted's park on the mountain that gives Montreal its name, with the Kondiaronk Belvedere city view, Beaver Lake, forest trails and winter sports.

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25. Pike Place Market

Historic public marketDowntown

Open since 1907, Pike Place Market is Seattle's historic public market, with produce and fish stalls, craft vendors, small shops and restaurants above Elliott Bay.

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26. Royal Ontario Museum

Natural history and world cultures museumQueen's Park

Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, on Queen's Park, known for its dinosaur galleries, Chinese collections and Daniel Libeskind's Crystal entrance.

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28. Templo Mayor

Archaeological site and museumCentro Histórico

The excavated remains of the Aztecs' great twin temple in Tenochtitlan, beside the Zócalo, with a site museum built around the giant Coyolxauhqui stone found in 1978.

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29. The Neon Museum

Sign museum and outdoor boneyardDowntown

Outdoor museum of rescued casino and business signs north of Downtown, with daytime and evening admission, guided history tours and the Brilliant! Jackpot light show.

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32. Boston Common

Historic parkDowntown

Boston's central public park, established in 1634, with the Frog Pond, Civil War memorials, an old burying ground and the visitor centre where the Freedom Trail begins.

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33. Central Park

Urban parkManhattan

Manhattan's 843-acre green heart stretches from 59th to 110th Street, with lakes, meadows, bridges and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Bow Bridge.

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35. Field Museum

Natural history museumMuseum Campus

The Field Museum on the Museum Campus is a natural history museum founded in 1893, known for Sue the T. rex and its galleries on ancient Egypt and the Americas.

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