The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

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

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.