This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

The stone barriers in this historic fishing village were once used for farming and gardening.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.

A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

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

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.