This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

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

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

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

A controversial blue hoop has been puzzling freeway drivers since 2013.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

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

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.