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

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

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Watch maple syrup being made without ever leaving the city.

This defunct Champlain Oil service station harkens back to the early days of automobiles.

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

Dedicated to the writer who immortalized the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance of those who died in wars.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

This lighthouse sits within a glacial valley.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.