Places stenaavel Wants to Go

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

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

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

This former smelter is a crumbling ruin, with the exception of its towering smokestack.

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

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

This patch of old-growth forest is home to Canada's gnarliest tree.

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

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

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

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

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

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

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.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.