Places johnw404 Wants to Go

A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.

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

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

How would you like to dine in the same room where some of the Titanic's victims were embalmed?

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.