From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

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

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

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

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.