Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Friendship 500
A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.
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Maple Ridge, British Columbia
A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.
Lviv, Ukraine
This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.
Culver City, California
A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.
Alupka, Ukraine
This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.
Simferopol, Ukraine
The longest trolleybus route in the world, from Simferopol and Yalta.
Naalehu, Hawaii
Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Seattle, Washington
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Vancouver, British Columbia
At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.
Santa Monica, California
One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.
Los Angeles, California
A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.