Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

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

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

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

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

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

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.