This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.