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.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."