This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.