One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

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

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.