Places Pengwn Wants to Go

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

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

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

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

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

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.

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

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.