Alberta
Columbia Icefield
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
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Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Penny, British Columbia
Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.
Alberta
The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.
Montreal, Québec
The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec
This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Burnaby, British Columbia
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.
Toronto, Ontario
A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
San Francisco, California
Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.
Ponderosa, New Mexico
On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.
Les Rousses, Switzerland
Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.
Xodhé, Mexico
Warm water springs inside an astounding canyon.
Oberkotzau, Germany
Named after the German word for "a longingness to travel," this park brings together thousands of city and street signs from around the world.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.
Kyoto, Japan
Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.
Fallon, Nevada
Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.
Tangier, Morocco
This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.
St. Petersburg, Florida
You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.
Augsburg, Germany
Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.
Moscow, Russia
A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.
Andong, South Korea
A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.