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

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

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

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

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 mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

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

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

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

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

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.