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Remnants of a building and a Celtic cross commemorating Irish immigrants dead of typhus

Saint John, New Brunswick

Partridge Island Quarantine Site

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

The Four Corners Monument

Saskatchewan

Four Corners Monument (Canada Edition)

Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.

Mysterious spires of the cement cemetery.

Rosser, Manitoba

Cement Cemetery

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

Canada's Smallest Library

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island

Canada's Smallest Library

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

Water appears to run uphill on the magnetic hill.

Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton Magnetic Hill

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

9 O'Clock Gun

Vancouver, British Columbia

9 O'Clock Gun

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

World's Largest Lobster

Shediac, New Brunswick

World's Largest Lobster

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

World's Largest Axe

Nackawic, New Brunswick

World's Largest Axe

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

A model of the Marconi's original Table Head station at Glace Bay.

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Marconi National Historic Site

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

The Eye of the Wind

North Vancouver, British Columbia

The Eye of the Wind

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

Hartland Bridge

Hartland, New Brunswick

Hartland Bridge

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

Carcross Desert

Carcross, Yukon

Carcross Desert

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

A view down to the Temagami townsite.

Temagami, Ontario

Temagami Fire Tower

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

Ocean Falls post office in 1908 (Flickr/BCMT&TCo)

Ocean Falls, British Columbia

Ocean Falls

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

Athabasca Sand Dunes

Saskatchewan

Athabasca Sand Dunes

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

S.S. Palo Alto

Powell River, British Columbia

S.S. Peralta

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

The island is said to tremble from the sheer force of Nakwakto Tidal Rapids.

Mount Waddington A, British Columbia

Tremble Island

An island said to shake with the current.

(Flickr/DrJohnBullas)

Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Diavik Diamond Mine

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

The alien landscape

Devon Island, Nunavut

Haughton Impact Crater

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

Canadian Potato Museum

O'Leary, Prince Edward Island

Canadian Potato Museum

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

The exterior of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montréal, Québec (Canada).

Montreal, Québec

Oratoire St. Joseph

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

High-def satellite image of third order island

Nunavut

Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

Wolfe's Cove Tunnel

Québec City, Québec

Wolfe's Cove Tunnel

Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.

Wreck of 'The Riversdale'  windjammer at lowtide

Courtenay, British Columbia

Royston Shipwrecks

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

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