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Dawson City, Yukon
The Sourtoe Cocktail
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
64.0337, -139.3945
Alberta
Columbia Icefield
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
52.1897, -117.2578
Banff, Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
51.1644, -115.5619
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Ragged Ass Road
This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.
62.4605, -114.3527
Fort Macleod, Alberta
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.
49.7056, -113.6532
Ottawa, Ontario
'Maman'
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
45.4294, -75.6984
Ottawa, Ontario
Central Experimental Farm
A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.
45.3873, -75.7177
Ottawa, Ontario
Hogs Back Lockstation
These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.
45.3698, -75.6986
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Sleeping Giant
Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.
48.3372, -88.9044
Cloyne, Ontario
Walt Whitman Monument
A massive, fading granite poem is all that remains of one Whitman superfan's tribute to the famous writer.
44.9167, -77.2000
Wawa, Ontario
Wawa Goose
This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.
47.9767, -84.7832
Sudbury, Ontario
Big Nickel
Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.
46.4738, -81.0340
Manitowaning, Ontario
Manitou Lake
Lake within a lake.
45.7536, -81.9474
Tobermory, Ontario
The Bruce Peninsula Grotto
This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.
45.2452, -81.5243
Tobermory, Ontario
Flowerpot Island
Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.
45.3007, -81.6244
Green Gables, Prince Edward Island
Anne of Green Gables Museum
Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.
46.5308, -63.5441
Lower Darnley, Prince Edward Island
Red Sands of Prince Edward Island
Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.
46.5613, -63.6376
Sydney, Nova Scotia
World's Largest Fiddle
On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.
46.1416, -60.1997
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
L'Anse Aux Meadows
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
51.5953, -55.5312
Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dildo, Newfoundland
This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.
47.5706, -53.5556
Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador
S.S. Kyle
This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.
47.6705, -53.2538
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Windmills of Kinderdijk
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
51.8833, 4.6333
Iceland
Bridge Between Continents
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
63.8683, -22.6755
Reykjanes, Iceland
Gunnuhver
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
63.8193, -22.6852
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