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"Pusher Street" in 2007, after eviction of the hash stands. A "no photo sign" remains. The hash stands have since returned. (Wikimedia Commons)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Locks on the Pont des Arts
Permanently Closed

Paris, France

Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Angels around

Paris, France

Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Flame of Liberty

Paris, France

Flame of Liberty

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The effigy of Victor Noir, with a spot conspicuously rubbed clean.

Paris, France

The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Shakespeare And Company bookshop situated at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, in the 5th arrondissement.

Paris, France

Shakespeare and Company

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Schwartz's

Montreal, Québec

Schwartz's

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The hotel ledger from 1909.

Victoria, British Columbia

The Empress Hotel

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Bloedel Conservatory

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bloedel Conservatory

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Playground of the Gods

Burnaby, British Columbia

Playground of the Gods

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

The ramp up to the Space Needle observation deck on Boblo Island.

Amherstburg, Ontario

Boblo Island Abandoned Amusement Park

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Salmagundi West
Permanently Closed

Vancouver, British Columbia

Salmagundi West

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

Repaired entrance to first tunnel, where shotcrete has been applied to stabilize the wall on the right.

Hope, British Columbia

Othello Tunnels

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Britannia Mines Concentrator Interior

Britannia Beach, British Columbia

Britannia Mine Museum

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Girl in a Wetsuit, Stanley Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Girl in a Wetsuit’

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Digital Orca

Vancouver, British Columbia

Digital Orca

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The tarnished brass main entrance.

Vancouver, British Columbia

The Marine Building

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

The Gastown steam clock

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Leg-In-Boot Square

Vancouver, British Columbia

Leg-In-Boot Square

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

Maze

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

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

The Sam Kee (Jack Chow) Building

Vancouver, British Columbia

The Sam Kee (Jack Chow) Building

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Wing Sang Building, Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

Wing Sang Building

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

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