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

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

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

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

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

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

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.