Places joparkman Wants to Go

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

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

The giant birds honor two native North American species.

An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.

In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A free James Turrell artwork all to yourself

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

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

A student art project turned into a neighborhood fixture in Toronto.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

A touching tribute to the "Wonky Donkey."

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.

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

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.