This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

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

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

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

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

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

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.