Vancouver, British Columbia
Bloedel Conservatory
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
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Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A high point in Vancouver kitsch.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
Los Angeles, California
A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.
Los Angeles, California
This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.
Rosemead, California
Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.
Takaka, New Zealand
Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Wanaka, New Zealand
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Castle Hill, New Zealand
The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Matamata, New Zealand
This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.
Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.
Paris, France
An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.
Paris, France
A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.