Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A mysterious sculpture is hidden in Vancouver's Stanley Park.

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

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

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

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House stands as the oldest surviving log cabin in the United States, offering a remarkable glimpse into America's colonial past.