Places michellecreeley Wants to Go

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

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

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

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.