A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

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

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

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

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

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.