These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.