Places ravendragonwing Wants to Go

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

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

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

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

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

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.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

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

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

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

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

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

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

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.