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

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

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

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

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

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

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.