This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

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

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.