Places jaselynbeckman Wants to Go

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

When the Cuban government seized a Trader Vic's franchise, they unknowingly led to its preservation.

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

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of the last remaining covered bridges in the province of Ontario.

This building's metal facade is the last of its kind in all of Canada.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

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

This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.

An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.