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Canada

Toronto, Ontario

Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

Toronto, Ontario

Sundial Folly

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.

Wolford Chapel

Despite its location in the English countryside, this chapel is the property of Ontario, Canada.

Newfoundland, known for its thick fog and beautifully stark landscape, seems a fitting locale for the mysterious 'Isle of Demons,' said to exist just off Newfoundland's northern tip.

The Phantom Island That Haunted 16th-Century Newfoundland

The ‘Isle of Demons' was said to be overrun with ghosts and ghouls.

Shoshi Parks December 7, 2023

Rotunda Of The Provinces

Washington, D.C.

Rotunda of the Provinces

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

Fuki is a perennial plant that, once established, is extremely resilient. Almost 80 years after the Tashme camp closed, it grows wild in lush fields spread across the Sunshine Valley.

Why a Japanese Delicacy Grows Near Old British Columbia Internment Camps

The vegetable is a reminder of the legacy of dispossession.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson June 18, 2021

border crossings

Podcast: The 49th Parallel

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team April 26, 2021

Displaced Japanese Canadians leaving the Vancouver area (possibly Slocan Valley) after being prohibited by law from entering a “protected area” within 100 miles of the coast. The woman on the left in this Leonard Frank photograph holding the book is Nobuko Morimoto, the woman in dark cardigan is Tei Terashita, and the young woman leaning out of train is identified as Kazuyo Kawabata.

How Japanese Canadians Survived Internment and Dispossession

A new exhibit traces the experiences of seven narrators before, during, and after World War II.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 16, 2020

San Donato-Moro, Italy

Moro River Canadian War Cemetery

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.

Osoyoos, British Columbia

Nk'Mip Cellars

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.

The kiln was demolished, but its chambers were still obvious.

A Kiln That Fired Millions of Clay Pipes Was Unearthed Under a Montreal Bridge

Archaeologists recently dug it up—but now they're putting an end to its brief affair with open air.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 2, 2019

As omnivores, bear meat and fat typically take on the flavor of their diet.

Why Bear Fat Makes for Better Baking

This niche practice was commonplace in North America for centuries.

Luke Fater September 20, 2019

Toe Master Terry Lee with the bar's newest toe!

Someone Donated His Frostbitten Toe to a Canadian Bar

The legend of the Sourtoe Cocktail continues.

Evan Nicole Brown June 13, 2019

Kate Crooks, among the wildflowers.

botanical gardens

In Ontario, a Quest to Rediscover the Work of a Groundbreaking 19th-Century Botanist

Who is Catharine McGill Crooks, and what happened to her specimen collection?

Anna Soper May 23, 2019

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fort Gibraltar

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Once grapes freeze on the vine, there's only a narrow window of time to press them.

Ice Wine

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

A male caribou overlooks his range along the Selkirk Mountains.

The Last Wild Caribou in the Contiguous U.S. Is No Longer Wild

After a brief stint in captivity, she will be released, but even then, her future is uncertain.

Jonathan Carey January 18, 2019