Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

The former Field Marshall and Minister of War to the Russian Imperial Army.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.

A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

To get to or from this Canadian ghost town, you'll need to cross 11 single-lane bridges.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.