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

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.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

An island said to shake with the current.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."