Places BlueGranite1 Wants to Go

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

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.

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

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

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

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

Hidden among the trees at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center are more than 20 gnomes in small wooden houses.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.