This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

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

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

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Artistic cabins actually grow deep in the Canadian wilderness.