This half-ton piece of the Alps sits at the base of the CN Tower.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

This illuminated sign was the first of its kind in Canada and remains a vestige of the Atomic Age.

A 1995 memorial acknowledges the tremendous contributions of Vietnamese refugees to Canada.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

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

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

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

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

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

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.