Places callan726 Wants to Go

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

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

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

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

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

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

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

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.

When World War II came to Canada, Fort Péninsule was part of the first line of defense for Allied shipping convoys.

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

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

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.