A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

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

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

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

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

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

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Here be dragons.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.