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

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Little Limestone Lake

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Little Limestone Lake

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

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.
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Narcisse Snake Dens

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

Rosser, Manitoba

Cement Cemetery

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

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

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.
A Viking statue in Gimli commemorates the area’s Icelandic heritage.

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Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
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