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Montreal, Québec
Oratoire St. Joseph
City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.
Tofino, British Columbia
Canso Bomber Crash Site
The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.
Kananaskis, Alberta
The Vault
What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.
Drumheller, Alberta
The Hoodoos of Drumheller Valley
Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian Badlands.
Tlell, British Columbia
Totems of Haida Gwaii
Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.
Ottawa, Ontario
'Maman'
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
Toronto, Ontario
The Wood Cake House
This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.
Toronto, Ontario
The Yorkville Rock
This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.
Montreal, Québec
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel (The Sailors' Church)
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Québec City, Québec
Old Québec Funicular
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Clarington, Ontario
Camp 30 POW Camp
A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.
Speers, Saskatchewan
Twisted Trees
The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.
Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
Hopewell Rocks
Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.
Chelsea, Québec
Carbide Willson Ruins
The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.
Banff, Alberta
Banff Merman
This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Giants' on Granville Island Silos
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
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