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Museum Station

Toronto, Ontario

Museum Station

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design in the iconic Toronto cityscape.

Toronto, Ontario

Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

Radio telescopes.

Cawston, British Columbia

Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

Entrance to the Mount Carmel Tunnel

Hurricane, Utah

Zion–Mount Carmel Tunnel

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Forrest Gump Point

Halchita, Utah

Forrest Gump Point

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

The "Cruz de Cóndor" which gives the name of the viewpoint.

Caylloma, Peru

Cruz del Cóndor

A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.

Centre of the Universe

Victoria, British Columbia

Centre of the Universe

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

The Ronning Burl

Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

1920s Hotel Postcard

Hood River, Oregon

Columbia Gorge Hotel

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

Gulf of Georgia Cannery

Richmond, British Columbia

Gulf of Georgia Cannery

Historic site that showcases the history of British Columbia's fishing industry.

Outside view of the water tower

Seattle, Washington

Volunteer Park Water Tower

One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.

The octopus slide.

Victoria, British Columbia

Cadboro-Gyro Park

Home to an octopus slide and a humorous playground-sized cryptid.

Ruthven Barracks.

Kingussie, Scotland

Ruthven Barracks

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

The miniature theatre’s 200-seat capacity is slowly being filled with tiny figurines of beloved film characters, from classic movie stars to Muppets. Statler and Waldorf are perched in their usual spot at the front-right balcony. There’s even an ongoing call for visitors and locals to add their own favorite characters to the growing crowd.

Vancouver, British Columbia

East Van Vodville Cinema

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

Forth Bridge

Inverkeithing, Scotland

Forth Bridge

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Old High Church Kirkyard

Inverness, Scotland

Old High Church Kirkyard

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

Cramond Lioness.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Cramond Lioness

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The view from the stone.

Newtonmore, Scotland

The Geographic Center of Scotland

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

The Maiden.

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Edinburgh Maiden

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

George Mackenzie's Mausoleum

Edinburgh, Scotland

George Mackenzie's Mausoleum

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Greyfriars Bobby

Edinburgh, Scotland

Greyfriars Bobby

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Ring of Brodgar

Orkney, Scotland

Ring of Brodgar

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A teeny climber on top of the Old Man of Hoy.

Orkney, Scotland

Old Man of Hoy

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Skara Brae is on the west coast of Scotland.

Sandwick, Scotland

Skara Brae

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

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