Banff, Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Banff, Alberta
Banff Merman
A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.
Drumheller, Alberta
The Hoodoos of Drumheller Valley
Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.
Vulcan, Alberta
Vulcan
Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.
Permanently Closed
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Weyburn Mental Hospital
This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Lightning Rod
The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.
Washington, D.C.
Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega
The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.
Washington, D.C.
Starship Enterprise NCC-1701
The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
Sergeant Stubby
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan
Grey Owl's Cabin
Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.
Eastend, Saskatchewan
T.rex Discovery Centre
Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Tunnels of Moose Jaw
Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Mac the Moose
The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.
Alberta
Columbia Icefield
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
