Places CanadianNomad Wants to Go

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A sacred Ojibwe site covered in pictographs next to Lake Superior.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

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

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

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

The English graveyard of Mineral del Monte, a magical little piece of Cornwall in Mexico.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.