An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

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

The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

This now abandoned arch bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

A stone burial chamber that was also the site of religious rituals.

“It has nae lugs!”

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

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