Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

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

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

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

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

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The cursed island of black pebbles.

This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.