An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

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

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

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

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.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

This three-chambered cave is the only protected natural bat hibernaculum in Quebec.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

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

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.