After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

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

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

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

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.