Diefenbunker: Tour a nuclear shelter from your self-isolation bunker

As COVID-19 spreads, a museum in a bunker designed to withstand a very different disaster goes virtual.

Thank you for honking

How some geese flying overheard filled me with hope in the era of self-isolation.

Chicken salt in the wound: farewell to The Roost

Farewell to The Roost, a nostalgic hometown icon (and master of the chicken salt:chips ratio).

Face-off: Visiting a tourist attraction that no longer exists

The Old Man of the Mountain crumbled 16 years ago. But he's still a tourist attraction, thanks to dedicated locals and optical trickery.

Bank of Canada Museum: Questacon for currency

Time for your kids to party like it's 2.30 on the first Tuesday of the month.

Quebec’s National Assembly: a political tour with a difference

Quebec stands out from the rest of Canada. The tour of the National Assembly, its provincial parliament, continues that tradition.

Diagnosis Wanderlust

THE symptoms will strike without warning, finding their way into your day in vulnerable places like the office, the morning commute or even your empty house. All of a sudden you suffer a heaviness of the heart, concentration loss and a mild delirium that flings you to places visited and destinations for which only imagination …

My kind of town, Chicago is… in summer

“YEAH, I could live here,” I thought as I strolled along the Lake Michigan shoreline. It was a sunny June morning and I was on a decent hike from my hostel through skyscraper-lined streets, parkland, beaches, and riverfront, soon to arrive at the Lincoln Park Zoo. America’s third-largest city was alive with a pulsing energy, …

Road tripping through America: The Listicle

A COUPLE of weeks ago, I went on my first social road trip since returning from the United States. It wasn’t a long one – just a pleasant Sunday drive to Springbrook National Park and other parts of the Gold Coast hinterland – but the trip evoked the same feelings of adventure and freedom that …

South Dakota: the tourist trap state

IF COFFS Harbour ever pulls a Detroit and files for bankruptcy, the subsequent sell-off of The Big Banana would probably see the oversized piece of fruit snapped up by the state of South Dakota. Not because of any connection the Midwestern state may have with the tropical, allegedly evolution-debunking botanical berry, mind you; after all, …