Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

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

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

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

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.