Take a virtual tour of the final resting place of the RMS Titanic and it is the everyday details – like the bathtub in the captain’s quarters or the cook’s pot in “Hell’s Kitchen”– that

It’s no secret – every year Canada blushes from head to toe.

Some of Canada’s most famous fiddlers – like Natalie MacMaster, Ashley MacIsaac and the Rankin Family – hail from Cape Breton Island (home of the Celtic Colours International Festival) where y

In the midst of Nova Scotia’s fiery fall foliage season, legions of fiddles, harps, accordions, bagpipes and step-dancing tunes ignite Cape Breton Island’s rugged countryside during the annual Celtic Colours International Festival.

One tech blogger called crafting this year’s “hot geek hobby,” even citing quilts made out of the blocky pixels of video games. But the real thing – stitching together pieces of padded fabric into geometric works of quilt art – is enjoying another popular resurgence.

I love that sea glass or beach glass is sometimes called “mermaid’s tears,” a romantic nickname for the washed-up-on-shore shards of broken glass, frosted and tumbled smooth over decades ­– even centuries – by the rolling action of the waves.

They’re calling the upcoming summer food festival on Cape Breton Island “Right Some Good” and with the impressive line-up of Michelin-starred chefs on the menu, it’s clear someone did something right, and good, too.

If you think gold prices are steep, explore life perched on a cliff edge in the dramatic tunnels of the historic Mascot Gold Mine.

The Bay of Fundy is Canada’s happy hunting grounds for rockhounds. The Bay’s giant tides work like nature’s rock pick, chiselling away at shoreline cliffs and revealing rich seams of zeolite crystals and semi-precious stones – agates and amethysts are among the top finds.

Don’t know a geoduck from a haddock? Then try a three-day hands-on seafood culinary workshop at Trout Point Lodge, a luxury Relais & Chateaux retreat tucked into the wilderness near Yarmouth, NS.