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

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

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

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

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Nestled atop a wind-swept crag in the Scottish Highlands is a lonely memorial to a beloved hiker.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world