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

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

A unique sculpture garden nestled among farm fields.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

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

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

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

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

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

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

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

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

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

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

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

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

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.