Places joparkman Wants to Go

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

This illuminated sign was the first of its kind in Canada and remains a vestige of the Atomic Age.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

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

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

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

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Watch maple syrup being made without ever leaving the city.

Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

All the anchors found in this park were taken from the nearby river.

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

A remote landmark named for a whimsical photograph taken by a 1850s photographer and his crew of graffiti artists.

A lone lighthouse on the wind-swept shores of the cape.

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

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

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

A sea glass gold mine on Newfoundland’s rugged coast.