Amid the bustle of the Pike Place Market is a poem by famed Japanese poet Narihira.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

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

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.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver: