Places caitmckay Wants to Go

This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.