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Unusual Attractions in Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg the Bear Statue

A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Riel House

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Fort Gibraltar

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Louis Riel's Gravestone

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Zoohky Mural

A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park

Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Valour Road

Three young men who lived on this street are honored for their service during World War I.

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Project coordinator Rosy Hartman found this child's shoe at a former school site Carcross, Yukon. It's now part of the Witness Blanket, wrapped in red medicine cloth and surrounded by sage and sweetgrass.

The Indigenous Canadian Work of Art with a Life of Its Own

The Witness Blanket, which honors survivors of cultural genocide, has the legal rights of a living entity.

A portrait of Cheryl Lashek, made by Alex Plante.

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Whose Signature Is Instagram Famous in Manitoba

For the past decade, every elevator in the Canadian province has been graced by Cheryl Lashek's name.

by Sarah Lawrynuik

Garbage Hill forever

Winnipeg Doesn’t Know Who Erected This Amazing Sign on a Landfill-Turned-Park

It looked like the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles.

by Sarah Laskow

September 11, 2018

The shape of 2014's "Voyageur Hut" was inspired by an upside-down pair of pants.

Winnipeg's Coolest 'Warming Huts' Aren't Huts At All

Every year, architects design new structures to warm the heart and the fingers.

February 5, 2018

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