The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The graphite created here was used in the manufacturing of pencils.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.

One car at a time please.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.