Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Canmore - Atlas Obscura

Unusual Attractions in Canmore

Canmore, Alberta

Big Head Sculpture

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

Canmore, Alberta

Curbside Museum

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

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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.

9 miles from Canmore

Banff Springs Hotel

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

10 miles from Canmore

Banff Merman

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

10 miles from Canmore

Bankhead, Alberta

Bankhead Ghost Town

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

12 miles from Canmore

Improvement District No. 9, Alberta

Lake Minnewanka Underwater Ghost Town

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

12 miles from Canmore

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