Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

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

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

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

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

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

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

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

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.