Almost halfway between Stanstead on the Canada-US border and Sherbrooke, Coaticook is a typical sleepy town with the rustic charm of the days of the horse and buggy. The landscape resembles that of southeastern French pre-Alps with the isolation of Read more…
The township of Mono is a trapezoid-shaped administrative division in Dufferin County about 40 km northwest of Toronto. If you zoom in on Mono in Google Maps you’ll quickly realize that it has no significant population clusters. The nearest town, Read more…
The circumstances that led to me taking a photograph with the son of the reigning monarch of a Malaysian state were peculiar. He’s also the libertarian Malaysian think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs. I was having dinner with Read more…
I used to have a few friends that lived in Seattle, but by the time I actually got to visit Seattle they’d already moved out to nicer towns with less construction, fewer crazy people, and safer roads. There’s really not Read more…
Theodore Roosevelt was a champion of the conservation of geologically important sites so Devil’s Tower became America’s first national park site. This odd collection of stone pillars were once the core of a volcano formed my molten magma pushing up Read more…
The twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur were the tallest buildings in the world until Taipei 101 was completed in 2004. When they were completed in 1998, the 451-metre tall towers surpassed World Trade Centres 1 and 2 in New Read more…
Want to be a calmer driver? Drive with a variety of things in the car. Carrying fragile objects like crystalware and animals as well as loading the car up to the brim with heavy boxes makes you more careful. The Read more…
A half-hourly ferry connects Amherst Island to Millhaven, Ontario, near Kingston. The gravel roads are a lot of fun to drive on, so much fun that I saw an elderly man skilled around corners in a small Honda hatchback. There Read more…
Located inside a military base in Kingston, the museum starts from the very beginning with flag signals and ends at modern electronic communications. There are recreations of Telegraph offices and radio rooms from the last century showing how the equipment Read more…
Cambridge, England is home to the revered University of Cambridge. Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to the mighty Harvard University. Cambridge, Ontario is home to the humble McDougall Cottage Historic Site. The stone cottage was built in 1858 on the bank Read more…