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Zeitz, Germany

Cheese Mite Memorial

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Perth, Ontario

Mammoth Cheese Replica

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.
Added by MmeBA
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Plancherine, France

Tamié Abbey

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Creamery

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
matthewtaub Added by matthewtaub
Robertsfors N, Sweden

World's Largest Cheese Slicer

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Kaltbach, Switzerland

Kaltbach Cave

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.
Rohini Chaki Added by Rohini Chaki
Imsil-gun, South Korea

Imsil Cheese Theme Park

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.
wanderingtraveler Added by wanderingtraveler
Val-des-Sources, Québec

Asbestos Mine

Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Malartic, Québec

Malartic Mine

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Québec City, Québec

Onhoüa Chetek8e

A reconstituted ancestral village of the Huron-Wendat Nation.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Grondines, Québec

Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing

Extremely long cable tunnel buried under the river.
Added by Alpha
Saint-Anicet, Québec

Rivière-La Guerre Presbyterian Church

The roofless ruins of a church surrounded by acres of bucolic farmland.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Québec City, Québec

Les Fresques des Piliers

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.
SuzieF Added by SuzieF
Montreal, Québec

Canada Malting Silos

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.
matthewhollett Added by matthewhollett
Gaspé, Québec

Fort Péninsule

When World War II came to Canada, Fort Péninsule was part of the first line of defense for Allied shipping convoys.
Monsieur English Added by Monsieur English
Montreal, Québec

Montreal Signs Project

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.
Added by Crepello
Montreal, Québec

Musée de Lachine (LeBer-LeMoyne House)

This 17th-century house was once the trading hub for two prominent Canadian fur barons.
Added by katelynhirst
Rimouski, Québec

R.M.S. Empress of Ireland Memorial and Mass Grave

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.
Sarah Blake Added by Sarah Blake
Percé, Québec

Northern Gannet Colonies

More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.
tfeldis Added by tfeldis
Montreal, Québec

‘La Leçon’ (‘The Lesson’)

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.
matthewhollett Added by matthewhollett
Montreal, Québec

Twilight Sculpture Garden

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.
matthewhollett Added by matthewhollett
Montreal, Québec

René Lévesque Park

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.
matthewhollett Added by matthewhollett
Montreal, Québec

Musée Eudore Dubeau

The only museum about the history of dentistry in Canada.
Added by baktelraalis