Lake within a lake.

This backcountry hut was home to an asbestos miner and his wife for 40 years.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

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

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

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Inside this park, an engineering marvel from the early 20th-century still stands.

Reputedly the smallest jail in North America.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.