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VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
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Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
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Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.
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Capilano Suspension Bridge
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This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Hope, British Columbia
Othello Tunnels
Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Cambie Climbing Tree
Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Riverview Hospital
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
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The Shameful Tiki Room
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Fairy Lake Bonsai Tree
Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.
Victoria, British Columbia
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Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Whistler Train Wreck
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
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Bloedel Conservatory
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
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