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37 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Vancouver, British Columbia

Updated June 14, 2025

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Podcast: Killer Trees with Mary Roach

Danger trees meet explosives.
by The Podcast Team
Koji-cured wild sockeye salmon at a restaurant in Vancouver, Canada.

130-Year-Old Menus Show How Climate Change Is Already Changing What We Eat

Eating local doesn't mean what it used to.
by Ian Rose

This ‘Cryptically Carnivorous’ Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight, Waiting for Flesh

The western false asphodel has an appetite for insects, but it’s not a great time to be a meat-eating plant.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
Inez Cook at her restaurant.

How a First Nations Restaurateur Found Her Family Through Food

For more than a decade, Salmon n' Bannock has been serving indigenous cuisine and stories in Vancouver.
by Diana Hubbell

Podcast: Dude Chilling Park

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
by The Podcast Team
Wildlife is often drawn to Heritage Gardens’ open spaces and pollinator meadow.

Why a Vancouver Cemetery Is Planting Squash, Kale, and Corn

The leafy greens are very much alive.
by Laura Kiniry
Once the experiments are set up, humans can hang back for a while. This cage was placed in peaceful Cedar Lake, British Columbia, in 2015.

In the Era of COVID-19, Fieldwork Is Scrappy and Socially Distant

And sometimes involves storing dead fish in your in-laws’ freezer.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, after a magnitude-9.2 earthquake in 1964. The earthquake was caused by the Aleutian Megathrust, a subduction zone.

Simulating What Could Happen When the 'Really Big One' Hits the Pacific Northwest

When the Cascadia subduction zone slips, the effects will vary based on where and how.
by Kelsey Kennedy

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