The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.