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Our advice: When making quinoa, do not burn it, or keep it for 3,000 years.
ancient

Found: Really, Really Old Quinoa

These 3,000-year-old charred seeds are the oldest of their kind ever found in Ontario.
Matthew Taub January 18, 2019
Canada's Knottiest Tree.
North Saanich, British Columbia

Canada's Knottiest Tree

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.
What lies beneath?
caves

What’s Inside This Enormous Canadian Cave?

It's deep, wide, and named after a "Star Wars" character.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 6, 2018
Janis Thiessen and Sarah Story await fresh recipes and stories from inside the Food History Truck.
food

The Food Truck That Invites You to Be the Cook

These traveling historians are hungry for your life story.
Abbey Perreault September 19, 2018
Listen up!
animals

The Bat-Loving Naturalists Translating the Silent Language of the Night

Listen in as they swat away mosquitoes and brave a dark forest to eavesdrop on echolocation.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 20, 2018
A glamor shot of Vaseline.
roads

Why Are All These Vaseline Jars Showing Up on a Calgary Street?

It's a slippery situation.
Cara Giaimo August 14, 2018
For months, the chiefs hid in the mountains of Chilcotin territory, where their familiarity with the land allowed them to move undetected.
history

The Exoneration of 6 Indigenous Canadian Chiefs, Wrongfully Executed in 1864

The long road to reparations.
Natasha Frost March 27, 2018
The Roosevelt's 34-room cottage is open to visitors.
Campobello, New Brunswick

Roosevelt Campobello International Park

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.
The cave system beneath Montreal's Saint-Leonard is much larger than once thought.
caves

Found: A New Ice Age Cave Network Below Montreal

Speleologists and cave enthusiasts are dying to see just how far it all goes.
Vittoria Traverso December 4, 2017
mystery

How Did a Lobster Get a Pepsi Logo on Its Claw?

A satisfying explanation is elusive.
Vittoria Traverso November 30, 2017
On the night of April 25, 1849, a violent fire destroyed the Province of Canada's first parliament building.
politics

Destroyed by Fire in 1849, Canada's First Parliament Building Gives Up Its Secrets

Odor control was a significant concern.
Vittoria Traverso October 26, 2017
cold war

Solving the Decades-Old Mystery of the White Box That Fell From the Sky

David McPherson Sr. suspected the CIA was responsible. He was right.
Erik Shilling July 26, 2017
An American moose, also eating flowers.
news

A Moose Destroyed a Flowerbed Planted to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

He or she ate a heck of a lot of tulips.
Cara Giaimo May 24, 2017
Stone House - South wall looking towards doorway
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Bayers Lake Mystery Walls

No one knows the origins of the mysterious stone ruins discovered on a hillside in Halifax.
animals

Found: A Scorpion on an Airplane

It's been a bad week for United Airlines.
Erik Shilling April 13, 2017
Picture this, but dumped all over a massive, gritty highway.
news

A Massive Syrup Spill Gums Up a Vermont Highway

What a waffle mess.
Cara Giaimo February 7, 2017
The Comfort Maple with red autumn foliage.
Pelham, Ontario

Comfort Maple

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.
A woodcut depiction of Brother XII preaching.
cults

What Happened To This Cult Leader's Lost Treasure?

The self-styled prophet Brother XII may have left behind $6 million in gold coins.
Spenser Davis December 1, 2016