Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

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

This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.

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

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

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

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle."

Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

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

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

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

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

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.