A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

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

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

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

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

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

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

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

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