An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

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

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

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

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

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

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

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

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

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

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

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

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

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

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

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.