Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

A rare venue to buy specialty maps.

A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.