The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

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

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

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.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

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

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

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

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

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

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

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

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

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

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.