St. Dunstan's Basilica is the most visible landmark in Charlottetown, its twin 200-foot copper-capped steeples rising above a city that helped birth a nation. Designated a National Historic Site in 1990, it's one of the most elaborate churches in the Maritimes and a striking example of High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, modelled on St. Patrick's Church in New York City.

Step inside and the details reward attention. The 44-foot altar screen frames 23 statues of angels and saints, while the ceiling bosses include a shamrock, a thistle and a fleur-de-lis, carved tributes to the Allied nations of the First World War. Roughly 300 angels are said to be hidden throughout the building.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours guide you through the Basilica's interior, identifying its carved gospel writers, Gothic arches and rose window, and tracing how a largely immigrant congregation built one of the grandest churches in Atlantic Canada.