child size large doll made of leather and textile staring down at the camera. Doll is wearing blue corduroy dress. Next to the doll is a smiling ventriloquist doll.
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The Museum of Fear and Wonder

Deep in the rural valleys of Southern Alberta sits a little blue farm building full of unusual, strange objects. The Museum of Fear and Wonder is a unique rural museum full of haunted objects, out-of-commission ventriloquist dummies and a hallway full of historical Ouija boards. The items contained within the museum have been purposely chosen…

Rowleywood - Large white sign with ROWLEYWOOD written in red letters on a grassy hill next to the highway
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The Ghost Towns of Alberta – Rowley

A ghost town filled with secrets, creepy mannequins, cats and buildings straight out of the wild west…the tiny hamlet of Rowley, Alberta has it all! More than your average ghost town, Rowley has its fair share of abandoned buildings and deserted railway cars. But the townsfolk, a meager population of eight, have transformed the place…

Frank Slide - Turtle Mountain in Frank Alberta landslide
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Disaster and Dark Tourism in Alberta – Frank Slide

When I think of dark tourism, Canada is the last place that comes to mind. But when I really take a look around, I find there are way more sites historically associated with a tragedy here than I originally thought there were. I always think of Europe as a haven for dark tourists. Especially since…