Places crabbyapples Wants to Go

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.