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The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

The biggest bit of tackle you’ll ever see is in this Alberta town.

Canada’s longest cave system is home to creatures found nowhere else on the planet, as well as rare cave pearls.

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.

A face emerges from the landscape when seen from the air.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

Blackfoot petroglyphs of southern Alberta which date back as far as 7000 B.C.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.

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

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