Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

An old drug store full of mortars and pestles, pill-making machines, and medicines reputed to cure most any illness.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Dedicated to the deadliest aviation accidents on Canadian soil.

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

A Japanese train station built around a 700-year-old camphor tree.

This quaint mountain pass with centuries-old cobblestones is known as Japan's steepest slope.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.