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Along the fierce North Atlantic is a cluster of stone cottages where visitors can spend the night in traditional accommodations.

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A 98-room castle in Toronto that bankrupted a 19th-century millionaire.

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This squat, round hut was designed by an artist as a rustic camera obscura.

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