Banff, Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
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Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Whistler, British Columbia
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Florence, Italy
The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
Rome, Italy
Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."
Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan
This mineral lake known for its healing powers is so buoyant it's been dubbed the "Dead Sea of Canada."
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.