The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

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

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

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.

The origin of this sinisterly shaped forest is rooted in mystery.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

An unusual monument to a gentle giant who became a Kyrgyz hero.

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.