A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

When this former hospital pharmacy closed in 2013 it already looked like a museum, so they turned it into one.

These abandoned country fairgrounds are filled with replicas of Spanish monuments.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.