Places Mapgirl Wants to Go

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

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

What happens when a chef with Indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?

Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle."

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

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

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.