Only the foundation remains of the rest stop building that was hit by three large tsunami waves, killing 47 visitors.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.