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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

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

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

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

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

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

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

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

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

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

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

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

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