While some like to keep to the standards when on vacation, there are others who love to take a walk on the wild side and make their vacation their own. When it comes to Canada, many can name off the biggest cities and most popular attractions. There’s Toronto and the CN Tower, Niagara Falls, Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, and the Old Cities of Montreal and Quebec City. Let’s be honest, these places see enough tourist traffic, so let’s build a vacation for the little guys. As someone who loves museums, I asked the online travel agency JustFly what the weirdest museums in Canada are. They gave me their three choices for the weirdest museums they have heard of in Canada.
Vulcan Tourism And Trek Station
It may have started as a coincidence, but Vulcan, Alberta has 100% embraced the fact that they share a name with a popular planet, and some would say culture, from the legendary science fiction series Star Trek. JustFly says the town has become a living monument to the show, with a mock-up Enterprise starship greeting visitors to the town. In addition, the town features a small museum dedicated to the show and a yearly festival that celebrates the fact that Vulcan is the Star Trek capital of Canada. This year’s “Vul-Con” features Adam Nimoy, Rosemary Morgan, Julie Cobb, Robert Beltran.
World Famous Gopher Hole Museum
While it may feature taxidermy gophers, this museum, according to JustFly’s review, is the educational equivalent of a crazy cat lady. Featuring numerous dioramas starring gophers getting married, getting ice cream, building snowmen, playing hockey, and getting the mail, this museum turns the things you would consider banal into cute, and often times, hilarious displays. To see this bizarre place you need to head to Torrington, Alberta, which is located Southeast of Red Deer.
The Canadian Potato Museum
There are many museums dedicated to great wars, dinosaurs, inventions, and space travel. But, there might only be one dedicated to potatoes. Describing itself as a “living testament to the humble tuber and those who have tilled the soil in its evolution”, The Canadian Potato Museum features a collection of agricultural artifacts dedicated to the farming of potatoes. In addition to artifacts, the museum offers tours allowing visitors to have a potato lunch and even make potato fudge.