Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Berlin's old airport.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.