The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

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

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

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

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 tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.