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

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.