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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Manitoba

25 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Manitoba

Updated March 2, 2023

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Division No. 23, Manitoba

Little Limestone Lake

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

Gimli, Manitoba

Narcisse Snake Dens

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill River Beluga Whales

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

Rosser, Manitoba

Cement Cemetery

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg the Bear Statue

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

Gimli, Manitoba

New Iceland

Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba

Old Pinawa Dam

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.
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Stories About Manitoba

Inside Canada's Polar Bear Jail

The holding facility helps bears and people safely coexist in the remote northern town.
by Lina Zeldovich
March 2, 2023

Podcast: Narcisse Snake Dens

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team
April 20, 2021

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Whose Signature Is Instagram Famous in Manitoba

For the past decade, every elevator in the Canadian province has been graced by Cheryl Lashek's name.
by Sarah Lawrynuik
May 1, 2019

The Food Truck That Invites You to Be the Cook

These traveling historians are hungry for your life story.
by Abbey Perreault
September 19, 2018

Freddy, Manitoba's Beloved Rogue Bison, Has Been Immortalized in Song

"Run, Freddy, Run!" features Renaissance-style singing, Metís fiddle, and electronically distorted bison noises.
by Cara Giaimo
May 4, 2018

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