Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

These little-known sands dunes are a geological anomaly in Saskatchewan's southern prairies.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.