The Great Canadian Moose:

A Roadside Myth & Reality

Explore the wackiest roadside attractions and strangest stories across the true North.

Illustrated moose standing on a vintage map of Canada

Mac the Moose

Moose Jaw's Mac the Moose has watched over the Trans-Canada Highway since 1984 — and when Norway built a taller moose, Saskatchewan answered with bigger antlers.

Illustration of a hiker standing on a granite outcrop above Falcon Lake at dusk, a strange warm glow in the sky over the treeline

Falcon Lake: Canada's Strangest UFO Story

In 1967, a Winnipeg prospector walked out of the Whiteshell woods with grid-pattern burns and a story he never changed. The rock where it happened is still there — and you can hike to it.

Illustration of Sudbury's Big Nickel — a giant coin with a king's portrait standing on a rocky hill above a mining town

The Big Nickel

Sudbury, Ontario keeps its spare change on a hill: a nine-metre stainless-steel nickel, built by one stubborn firefighter, telling the story of a city mined from the rock.

Postcard from the road —

Dear friends: you simply won’t believe what we found standing in a field off the highway. A moose of monstrous proportions, a perogy speared on a fork, a landing pad built for visitors who never landed. Travel isn’t about the destination — it’s about the sheer, delightful strangeness you meet along the way. — Your intrepid explorers, S.C.