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The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

Mexican food and folk art.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

This patch of old-growth forest is home to Canada's gnarliest tree.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

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

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.

An island said to shake with the current.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.