Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

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

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

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

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

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

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

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

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

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

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.