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Alberta

Things to see in Alberta

27 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

Icefields Parkway winding through a valley in Jasper National Park

Jasper · Natural Wonders

Jasper National Park

The largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, from icefields to dark skies
A teal and wood sign reading "BANFF GONDOLA" stands in a grassy area next to a road with parked cars and a mountain backdrop.

Banff · Natural Wonders

Banff Gondola

Eight minutes is all it takes to go from the streets of Banff to the top of Sulphur Mountain, and the Banff Gondola is t...
A red brick building with arched windows and garage doors, featuring a sign reading "FIRE HALL No1" and a business sign for "Blossom" below.

Lethbridge · Culture & Leisure

Downtown Lethbridge

Historic downtown district in Lethbridge, Alberta
Calgary Tower rising above downtown Calgary

Calgary · Urban & City Life

Calgary Tower

626-foot landmark tower in downtown Calgary
A wide, turbulent waterfall cascading over a rocky ledge into a turquoise river, framed by dense evergreen forests and steep rocky banks, with a prominent mountain peak visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Banff · Natural Wonders

Bow Falls

Bow Falls is not a tall waterfall, but it is a wide one, and it sits within a few minutes of Banff's main street. The Bo...
A wooden palisade fort with a teepee inside, set in a grassy field with yellow wildflowers in the foreground and a large steel railway trestle bridge spanning the background.

Lethbridge · Castles & Forts

Fort Whoop-Up

Where the St. Mary and Oldman rivers meet in the valley below Lethbridge, a wooden stockade recalls one of the wildest c...
Visitors on the Athabasca Glacier below Mount Andromeda, Columbia Icefield

Jasper · Natural Wonders

Athabasca Glacier

Retreating tongue of the Columbia Icefield beside the Icefields Parkway
A large, multi-winged historic hotel with a distinctive green copper roof and beige stone facade, set against a backdrop of evergreen trees and a clear blue sky, with a Canadian flag flying in the foreground.

Banff · History & Heritage

Chateau Lake Louise

Historic railway hotel beside Victoria Glacier
A low-angle view looking up through the massive steel truss structure of a railway bridge, showing the lattice of girders against a blue sky with clouds and dry grassy terrain below.

Lethbridge · History & Heritage

High Level Bridge

Standing on the floor of the Oldman River valley and looking up at the High Level Bridge, many people feel the same thin...
A rushing stream flows through a rocky canyon bed with steep limestone walls, while a green metal catwalk with hikers is visible along the upper left cliffside.

Banff · History & Heritage

Johnston Canyon

Limestone canyon with cascading waterfalls in Banff
Spirit Island on Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park

Jasper · Lakes & Rivers

Maligne Lake

The Rockies' largest natural lake and the famous view of Spirit Island
A red brick building with a classical entrance and a modern glass extension, featuring a sign above the entrance that reads "SOUTHERN ALBERTA ART GALLERY".

Lethbridge · Architecture

Lethbridge Art Gallery

A solid brick building in the Edwardian classical style, with a columned portico and tall windows, houses some of the mo...