Places rivkaarose Wants to Go

One of the last remaining structures built by a community of African Canadians in the 19th century.

This massive rock column in Canada is perched on a corner of its base, seeming to defy gravity.

This log house sits in the remote Canadian wilderness, and holds a mysterious tale of the trapper who built it.

Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.

Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.

Only a few remaining items alert intrepid explorers that a town once stood in this region.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

The remains of Canada's earliest Chinese pioneers are interred along this picturesque point.

Rare mummified forest could offers a glimpse into how our environment has been changed by humans.

This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.

The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.

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

Locals believe the purity of this huge, untouched Arctic lake could be the salvation of human civilization.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

Inside this park, an engineering marvel from the early 20th-century still stands.

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

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.