This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

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

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.