Places DrAK Wants to Go

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This small-batch, artisan chocolatier whips up speciality confections and seasonal treats.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.

This retro diner claims to be the birthplace of poutine.

A chocolatier with a quaint museum showcasing the history of chocolate.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A 2,000-foot rainbow-painted bike path marks Toronto’s historic LGBTQ+ beach.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A historic railway bridge now offers hikers breathtaking views.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

An impressive Sasquatch statue marks the spot of a fated Bigfoot encounter that changed a community.

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.