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It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

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

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

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

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

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

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

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

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

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

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

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

A historic ghost town still worth a visit.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.