The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Massive fortified towers blend North American and Chinese architecture.

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

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

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

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

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

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

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

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

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

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

This giant Canadian coin is a monument to the artist who created its iconic emblem.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.