These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

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

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.