Sunshine Valley, British Columbia
Hope Slide
The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating a section of the highway below.
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Sunshine Valley, British Columbia
The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating a section of the highway below.
Hope, British Columbia
Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.
Peachland, British Columbia
The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Banff, Alberta
The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.
Eldon, Alberta
Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.
Field, British Columbia
In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Parson, British Columbia
A roadside attraction fit for a giant.
Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia
Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.
Malakwa, British Columbia
An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
British Columbia
A historic ghost town still worth a visit.
Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.
Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.
Greenwood, British Columbia
This former smelter is a crumbling ruin, with the exception of its towering smokestack.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Long Beach, Washington
Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.