While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

This mysterious abandoned fort looks like something pulled right from Arabian legend.

The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

The cluster of igloo-like domes forms the remains of an ancient burial ground.

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.