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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Watch maple syrup being made without ever leaving the city.

This illuminated sign was the first of its kind in Canada and remains a vestige of the Atomic Age.

This defunct Champlain Oil service station harkens back to the early days of automobiles.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

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

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

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.