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Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

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

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

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

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

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

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

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

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.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

To get to or from this Canadian ghost town, you'll need to cross 11 single-lane bridges.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

This unique bridge has been a staple across the Saskatchewan River Valley for more than 100 years.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.