Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.