Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

First mosque in Canada, second in North America.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

Kitschy steak joint where customers can cook their own meat over an eternal flame.

First flying reptile discovered in British Columbia was for years forgotten in a cabinet.

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

Despite being dead since the 1970s, this Canadian tree is kept upright and intact by adoring locals.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle."

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.