Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

A temple complex has existed on this site since the third century.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.