The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.

This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.

After he picked up a brush at the age of 47 this simple barber turned his entire home into a canvas.

The little house that stood up to a disastrous flood has become a symbol of perseverance.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

A swaggering, monumental souvenir of the most extravagant party Montreal’s ever thrown.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

The falls were named for the mistaken idea that they were the ones pictured on the Canadian $5 bill.

Despite its name this unique art piece was established to commemorate a tragic flood.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.