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This now abandoned Pet Cemetery was founded by Daniel and Mary Blair. After their dog died, they decided to create this pet cemetery, believed to be the only one in BC, which opened in 1952. Nearly 700 pets have been buried here over the years, including dogs, cats, gerbils, birds, guinea pigs, and many other species. The cemetery is currently unmaintained,  unprotected and partially-overgrown, making many of the graves hard to spot.

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Langley Speedway

Langley Speedway was a 1/4-mile paved oval track used for stock car racing located in Langley, British Columbia. The track opened in 1965 and closed in 1984. The track hosted numerous classes of racing during its operational existence, including several visits from the NASCAR Winston West series in the 1970s. For the last few years prior to its closing due to its lease not being renewed, the track was known as Action Raceway.

The Langley Speedway Historical Society (LSHS) has lobbied governments in the area to preserve the facility, holding clean-up events at and around the track. In 2006, the GVRD Parks Committee voted unanimously to support heritage listing of the speedway. The GVRD Board also voted unanimously to support the listing. In September 2006, the Council of the Township of Langley voted unanimously to include Langley Speedway on its Heritage Resource Listing. The LSHS is currently working with the GVRD staff and other interested groups in its efforts to preserve the site and promote it for various event uses, including car shows.

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Ladner Creek Trestle

The Ladner Creek Trestle was abandoned after the Kettle Valley Railway stopped running in the 1960's. Since then, the dilapidated trestle has become a popular hike photo opportunity for those willing to hike the unmaintained and sometimes treacherous trails.

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Mima Mounds

Mima mounds In Washington State are low, flattened, circular to oval, domelike, natural mounds that are composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment. Theories for the origin of Mima mounds geology include burrowing by pocket gophers; accumulation of wind-blown sediment around vegetation; seismic ground shaking by major earthquakes and shrinking and swelling of clays.

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Website: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/MimaMounds

Location: 12315 Waddell Creek Rd SW, Olympia, WA 98512, United States

Gravity Hill Maple Ridge

A gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an optical illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope although sites are often accompanied by claims that magnetic or supernatural forces are at work.

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Location: McKee Rd, Abbotsford, BC V3G 2L6

wEIRDOS Market

Weirdos Market Vancouver returns for it's 3rd year!! Hold on tight – because things are about to get WEIRD! Vancouver’s one-stop-shop for all things unusual, unique, and out of this world is bigger and crazier than ever before! Weirdos unites BC's most awesome and unconventional local artists who create gifts from the kooky to the macabre for those rad folks looking to fulfill the quirkiest of needs on their holiday shopping lists!

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Ripley's Believe it or Not Times Square

RIPLEY'S MUSEUM TIMES SQUARE is a one-of-a-kind attraction welcomes visitors to immerse themselves in the unusual, the unexpected and the unbelievable. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square showcases some of the most incredible exhibits found in New York City, many of them discovered and owned by Robert Ripley himself!

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Website: https://ripleysnewyork.com/

Location: 234 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, United States

Ripley's Believe it or Not Newport Oregon

Ripley's Believe it or Not Oregon showcases exhibits from the worlds of science and illusions, hands-on interactive displays, videos, wax figures, rare artifacts, and special effects set in themed surroundings. The exhibits gathered by Ripley's seem too weird to be true, so believe it or not! This version of the Newport Ripley's no longer exists - It was been closed for a complete renovation and reopened in 2020.

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Paxton Gate

Ripley's Believe it or Not Oregon showcases exhibits from the worlds of science and illusions, hands-on interactive displays, videos, wax figures, rare artifacts, and special effects set in themed surroundings. The exhibits gathered by Ripley's seem too weird to be true, so believe it or not! This version of the Newport Ripley's no longer exists - It was been closed for a complete renovation and reopened in 2020.

Our Video (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z51jFbfBYE8

Website: http://www.paxtongate.com/

Location: 4204 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217, United States

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Seattle Oddities Shop, the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Pier 54, showcases a huge collection of the weird and wonderful including human mummies, animal oddities (2-Headed Duckling Riding a Skateboard??), shrunken heads and more!

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Website: http://yeoldecuriosityshop.com/

Location: Pier 54, 1001 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104, United States

Freemont Troll

Indie shops and hip bars pack the Fremont Seattle neighborhood on the north bank of the canal. Quirky outdoor sculptures include the gigantic Freemont Troll, lurking under the Aurora Bridge, and the towering Fremont Rocket. The Troll was featured in the Heath Ledger film 10 Things I Hate About You.

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Website: http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/p-patch-community-gardening/p-patch-list/trolls-knoll

Location: N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103, United States

Yard Birds

The Yard Birds Roadside Attraction was originally a surplus store started in 1947 in Centralia, Washington. Yard Birds stores had a logo that featured a black bird with a yellow beak, reminiscent of the cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle.

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Location: 2100 N National Ave, Chehalis, WA 98532, United States

World Famous Giant Shoe Museum

The World Famous Shoe Museum displays part of the collection of Danny Eskenazi, who became obsessed with giant shoes after he'd learned that his grandfather had once owned a wingtip worn by Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man.

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Website: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15540

Location: 1501 Pike Pl # 424, Seattle, WA 98101, United States

Pike Place Market Gum Wall

The Market Theater Gum Wall is a brick wall covered in used chewing gum located in an alleyway in Post Alley under Pike Place Market in Downtown Seattle. Much like Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, the Market Theater Gum Wall is a local landmark. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet high along a 50-foot-long section.

The wall is by the box office for the Market Theater. The tradition began around 1993 when patrons of Unexpected Productions' Seattle Theatresports stuck gum to the wall and placed coins in the gum blobs. Theater workers scraped the gum away twice, but eventually gave up after market officials deemed the gum wall a tourist attraction around 1999.

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Website: https://unexpectedproductions.org/gumwall/

Location: 1428 Post Alley, Seattle, WA 98101, United States

World's Worst Bus Stop

To highlight the sad and dangerous state of our bus stops, StreetsBlog held a 16-entry tournament to crown North Americas Worst Bus Stop in 2018. The horrendous bus stop on the Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows, just outside of Vancouver won, trouncing Cincinnati landslide.

Our Video (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F4JzDyZjCk

Location: Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z1

World's Tallest Flagpole

Visiting the current home of the giant flag and flagpole, which held the record of World's Tallest Flagpole when it was erected for Vancouver's 1986 World Expo.

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Location: Under the Flag, 15250 104 Ave, Surrey, BC V3R 6N8

World's Largest Horse Clock

Constructed from recycled materials and a Commodore 64, this Maple Ridge landmark reminds citizens of the impact consumerism and pollution can have on the regions natural environment.

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Location: 22470-22514 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Maple Ridge, BC