Edinburgh, Scotland
The Burryman
As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Ketchikan, Alaska
A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:
Toronto, Ontario
The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.
Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.
Trois-Rivières, Québec
The former site of the world's largest paper mill is now a museum preserving the heritage of Canada's pulp and paper industries.
Toronto, Ontario
This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.
Toronto, Ontario
Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Capitan, New Mexico
The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Silver City, New Mexico
These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.
Paducah, Kentucky
A visualization of three catastrophic floods that led to the creation of the famed Flood Wall.
Paducah, Kentucky
A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.