Montreal, Québec
Habitat 67
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
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Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Brooklyn, New York
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Oroszlány, Hungary
This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Courtenay, British Columbia
At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.
Hope, British Columbia
Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.
Powell River, British Columbia
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.
Whistler, British Columbia
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
This country market harbors goats on its roof.
Hope, British Columbia
A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Victoria, British Columbia
An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.
Victoria, British Columbia
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Victoria, British Columbia
The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Orcas on display and in the water.
Mission, British Columbia
Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.
Britannia Beach, British Columbia
From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
White Rock, British Columbia
Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Campanet, Spain
This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.