Winnipeg
The Forks on the Red River at dusk, Winnipeg. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Manitoba's capital at the meeting of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. The Forks, a 6,000-year-old meeting place turned market and gathering space, anchors the riverfront, while the Canadian Museum for Human Rights rises in its glass tower. Winter brings one of the world's longest naturally frozen skating trails on the rivers.