A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

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

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This Georgian mansion blends historical significance with an impressive art collection within picturesque surroundings.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.