Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

A wonderful museum on the site of the historic Black Bear Mine on the back of Red Mountain.

Home to an octopus slide and a humorous playground-sized cryptid.

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.

A lonely cemetery holds the history of a gold mining town turned ghost town.

This is where all crows in the surrounding region come to roost from the entire Lower Mainland of Vancouver.

This former smelter is a crumbling ruin, with the exception of its towering smokestack.

A curated collection of hundreds of taxidermy animals from across British Columbia, Canada, and the rest of the world.

A historic highway suspension bridge on the old Fraser River highway has been preserved for non-motorized traffic.

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

The scattered debris of a T-33 Canadian naval jet crash from 1963 now stands as a memorial.

A World War II structure that has stood the test of time.

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

This 820-foot-high spiral ramp is a walkway to the sky.

At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.

In British Columbia, a unique microclimate has allowed these trees to live much longer than they usually would.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Hidden within the waterfront hills resides this dilapidated military stronghold.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.