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

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

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

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

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

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

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.