A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Home to the largest artificial lake in Asia.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The only Roman honorific column in Istanbul.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.