San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
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San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Victoria, British Columbia
A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.
Victoria, British Columbia
The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Victoria, British Columbia
This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Banff, Alberta
The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.
Drumheller, Alberta
A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.
Bellevue, Alberta
A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.
Edmonton, Alberta
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
Drumheller, Alberta
As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Lake Louise, Alberta
Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.
Drumheller, Alberta
Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Quepos, Costa Rica
The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.
Nazca, Peru
This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.
Arequipa, Peru
This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.
Chucuito Province, Peru
Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.
Cusco, Peru
Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.
Cusco, Peru
An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?