A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

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

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

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

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

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

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

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

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.