This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

Little island known for its massive beachfront "flowerpot" pillars.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.