The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

This small beach park is littered with a collection of unique driftwood sculptures.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

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

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.