Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall by volume in North America — about 168,000 cubic meters per minute over the Horseshoe Falls alone. The Canadian side gives you the panoramic view (the U.S. side has the falls in your face but not in your eye). The town of Niagara Falls, Ontario is honestly tacky — but the falls themselves are the most popular natural wonder on the continent for a reason. Hornblower Niagara Cruises is the boat that takes you into the spray. Journey Behind the Falls puts you in tunnels behind the water. Niagara-on-the-Lake, 20 km north along the river parkway, is the genteel counter — a Victorian wine-country town with the Shaw Festival theater.