48 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Alberta - Atlas Obscura

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Bankhead, Alberta

Bankhead Ghost Town

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

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Banff Springs Hotel

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

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Kananaskis, Alberta

The Vault

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

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Drumheller, Alberta

The Hoodoos of Drumheller Valley

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Improvement District No. 24, Alberta

Wood Buffalo National Park

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

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Banff Merman

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Annetta Black

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Red Rock Coulee

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

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Torrington, Alberta

Gopher Hole Museum

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

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