A Road Trip Pause in Three Hills, Alberta
Driving northeast from Calgary, the prairie stretches wide and steady, and then Three Hills appears—compact, practical, and framed by the three modest rises that gave the town its name. They’re …
Alberta Beach: Where the Lake Made a Town
If you follow Highway 633 west out of Edmonton, it doesn’t take long before the fields give way to trees and the air feels just a little bit cooler. And …
Elevators Without Towns: A Quiet Alberta Pilgrimage
Driving east along Highway 14, somewhere between the familiar hum of grain trucks and the distant thunder of freight trains, you’ll pass two places that don’t quite qualify as towns—but …
Dust, Memory, and Museums: The Layers of Torrington
Torrington doesn’t shout for attention. It sits quietly at the junction of Highway 27 and 805, about 160 kilometers northeast of Calgary, surrounded by fields that roll just enough to …