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

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

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

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

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

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.