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Permanently Closed

Cedar, Michigan

Sugar Loaf Ski Lodge

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

St Ignace MI UP Roadside Castle Rock Tourist Stop

St Ignace, Michigan

Castle Rock

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

Male and female mastodon skeletons with footprints behind them.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Longest Known Mastodon Trackway

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

The Superior Dome

Marquette, Michigan

The Superior Dome

As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.

World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin

Traverse City, Michigan

World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

Witch's Hat Depot.

South Lyon, Michigan

Witch's Hat Depot

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

Sign at the entrance to Harvey's Lake.

Barnet, Vermont

Harvey's Lake: Home of Jacques Cousteau's First Dive

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.

Whale tails

South Burlington, Vermont

'Reverence' (Whales Tails)

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

Trapp Family Lodge

Stowe, Vermont

Trapp Family Lodge

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The Fire Hydrant Jack.

Shelburne, Vermont

Fire Hydrant Jack

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

A not-quite-exact replica of Michelangelo's Pieta. (Wikimedia Commons)

Barre, Vermont

Hope Cemetery

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The building.

Derby, Vermont

Haskell Free Library and Opera House

This unusual building straddles two countries.

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

Burlington, Vermont

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

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

Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

Waterbury, Vermont

Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Giant fish sculpture

Trent Hills, Ontario

Hastings Pisces Pete

This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.

View at the top of the Locks, Lake Superior.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sault Canal Locks

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

Brock's Monument

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Brock's Monument

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Tesla monument at Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Tesla Monument

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Le Stade Olympique

Montreal, Québec

Le Stade Olympique

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Old Québec Funicular

Québec City, Québec

Old Québec Funicular

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

The exterior of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montréal, Québec (Canada).

Montreal, Québec

Oratoire St. Joseph

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Marche Bonsecours

Montreal, Québec

Marché Bonsecours

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Insect Tastings, yum!

Montreal, Québec

Insectarium of Montreal

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

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