A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

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

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

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

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

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

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

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

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