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

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

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

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

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

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

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

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

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

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

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