Places SubArcticHound Wants to Go

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.

Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

These little-known sands dunes are a geological anomaly in Saskatchewan's southern prairies.

The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.

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

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.

Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.

A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.

A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.

The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.

This former outpost was designed to protect the lucrative fur trade of the 18th century.

A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.

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

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.