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

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

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

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

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

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 Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.