There are many places in Alberta, Canada that are '''off the beaten path'''.
Big Stuff Tour
World's biggest '''Beaver''' - Beaverlodge
World's biggest '''Bee''' - Falher
World's biggest '''Chuckwagon''' - Dewberry
World's biggest '''Dinosaur''' - Drumheller
World's biggest '''Golf Putter''' - Bow Island
World's biggest '''Mallard Duck''' - ''Whitford Lake Bird Sanctuary'' (Andrew)
World's biggest '''Mushrooms''' - Vilna
World's biggest '''Oil Lamp Replica''' - Donalda
World's biggest '''Perogy''' - Glendon
World's biggest '''Piggy Bank''' - Coleman_(Alberta)
World's biggest '''Pysanka Easter Egg''' - Vegreville
World's biggest '''Sausage''' - Mundare
World's biggest '''Softball''' - Coleman
World's biggest '''Star Trek Enterprise Replica''' - Vulcan
World's biggest '''Sun dial''' - Lloydminster
World's biggest '''Tipi''' - Medicine Hat
World's first '''UFO landing pad''' - Saint Paul
World's Biggest '''Baseball Bat''' - Edmonton
For more, visit: [http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/alberta.htm Large Canadian Roadside Attractions]
Lesser-known Natural Areas
Whitegoat Wilderness Area / David Thompson Country
Willmore Wilderness Park
First Nations Events and Historic Sites
Powwows
*Hobbema (Ermineskin)
*Peace River
*Saddle Lake
*Long Lake
*Beaver Lake
*Kehewin
*Wesley
*[http://www.ammsa.com/ammsaevents.html Calendar]
*[http://www.powwow-power.com/powwowetiquette.html Powwow etiquette]
[http://www.head-smashed-in.com/ Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump]: designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981
[http://www.frankslide.com/ Frank Slide]: site of a massive rockslide at the beginning of the 20th century
Rodeos and Stampedes
Ponoka Stampede
Tourism for Engineers
Paintearth Coal Strip Mine (Luscar) and Battle River Power Plant (ATCO), Forestburg
Old Man Dam
Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Fort McMurray
Turner Valley Gas Plant National Historic Site
Pincher Creek wind farm
Other Cultural and Historic Sites
Visiting Hutterite Colonies
Fort McLeod RCMP Musical Ride
Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, East of Edmonton
Favourite Rural Cafes
Donalda
Big Valley
Lacombe
Camrose: Ruffingtons, and the Valley Tea Room
Longview: Ian Tyson's Navajo Mug