{"id":91221,"date":"2020-03-21T12:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=91221"},"modified":"2022-04-29T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:35:30","slug":"roadside-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=91221","title":{"rendered":"Oddities We&#8217;ve Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghost towns, space travel and giant pirogi&#8230;!? It started innocently enough, as a means of doing something to satisfy our need for <em><strong>different<\/strong><\/em> weekend adventures. However, this quest seems to have taken a life of its own and has become a guide to the many unique places and stories that we discover on the roadsides of North America. <\/p>\n<p>There are three criteria needed for an oddity to make it to the list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It needs to be explorable.<\/li>\n<li>It needs to be road side (no hiking).<\/li>\n<li>It needs to be an oddity or have an interesting story.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Alberta &#038; Prairies<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=10vcppLW0HuIh87tiquFLMVxlz9o&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;z=7\">Uniquely Alberta Google Map<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?tag=uniquely-alberta\">#uniquelyalberta<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=30317\">Big Valley &#8212; Cute Little Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=30104\">Black Diamond &#8212; Cute Little Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12133\">Bowden &#8212; SunMaze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=49491\">Calgary &#8212; Eamon&#8217;s Bungalow Camp<\/a> (Gone)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=8932\">Calgary &#8212; Fort Calgary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=36713\">Calgary &#8212; John Ware Grave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=8914\">Calgary &#8212; Potter&#8217;s Field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=8902\">Calgary &#8212; Union Cemetery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12961\">Drumheller &#8212; Dorothy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12871\">Drumheller &#8212; Wayne<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=23999\">Drumheller &#8212; Willow Creek Hoodoos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12991\">East Coulee &#8212; Atlas Coal Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=4999\">Fort Macleod &#8212; Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=37067\">Fort MacLeod &#8212; Historic Downtown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=37073\">Fort MacLeod &#8212; Union and Holy Cross Cemeteries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=29657\">High River &#8211; Town Murals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12529\">Irricana &#8212; Pioneer Acres<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=23366\">Irricana &#8212; Pioneer Truck Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=12163\">Lacombe &#8212; CornMaze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=36704\">Longview &#8212; Bar U Ranch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=29645\">Nanton &#8212; Cute Little Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=13921\">Okotoks &#8212; Okotoks Erratic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=30275\">Stettler &#8212; Alberta Prairie Excursions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=11998\">Torrington &#8212; Gopher Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=11683\">Vulcan &#8212; USS Enterprise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>East Coast<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/edit?mid=1IBp6xBBcWh4qzTM145uP9uniAA-UN5mo\">Map of <em>Les Moulin<\/em><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?tag=moulin\">#moulin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83090\">Blainville &#8212; Sainte-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se-de-Blainville<\/a><\/dd>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83990\">Burlington &#8212; Rocket &#038; Rhino Head, Filing Cabinets, and Whale Tails<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=85499\">Edmonston &#8212; Fortin du Petit-Sault<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83910\">Glover &#8212; Museum of Everyday Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83204\">Montr\u00e9al &#8212; Moulin \u00e0 vent de Pointe-Claire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83235\">Montr\u00e9al &#8212; Les Moulin de l\u2019\u00cele-Perrot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=79578\">Montr\u00e9al &#8212; The Mysteries of the Lachine Canal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=79543\">Montr\u00e9al &#8212; A house that links Montr\u00e9al to Louisiana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=85555\">Nackawic &#8212; The World\u2019s Largest Axe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83174\">Repentigny &#8212; Le Moulin Grenier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=84072\">Stanstead &#8212; Stone Circle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Southwestern US<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=65162\">Amboy &#8212; Amboy Shoe Tree<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=65156\">Calico &#8212; Calico Ghost Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=64957\">Kingman &#8212; Elmer\u2019s Bottle Tree Ranch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=65006\">Oatman &#8212; Sitgreaves Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=65213\">Quartzsite &#8212; Hi Jolly Memorial &#038; Cemetery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>West Coast, Best Coast<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=59534\">Bodega &#8212; Watson School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=57049\">Burlingame &#8211; Pez Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=44793\">Coombs &#8212; Old Country Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=47762\">Craigellachie &#8212; The Last Spike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=47477\">Parksville &#8211; Sand Sculptures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=47781\">Revelstoke &#8212; Enchanted Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=38063\">Seattle &#8212; The Fremont Troll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=44549\">Vancouver &#8212; Jimi Hendrix Shrine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=43004\">Vancouver &#8212; Nine O\u2019Clock Gun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=43969\">Vancouver &#8212; Totem Poles of Stanley Park<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nGhost towns, space travel and giant pirogi&#8230;!? 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