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

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

An abandoned Ontario prison turned over to time and nature.

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer, who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake.

A 1975 bylaw prohibits the construction of any building that would block the view of this Gothic Revival church.

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.

The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.

This towering bee statue is a tribute to Ontario's first meadery and a century-old honey producer.

At a bridge over the Humber river, markers show the effects of the deadliest hurricane in Canadian history.

The first post office in Toronto still operates today, complete with quill pens and ink for writing letters.

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

An exhibit dedicated to a physicist who dedicated his life to proving the existence of UFOs.

This retro diner claims to be the birthplace of poutine.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

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