The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

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

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

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.