A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

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

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

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

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.