A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

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

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

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

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

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

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

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

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

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

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.