Beautiful Vancouver view

Vancouver offers a lot to its visitors. Beautiful natural sights, interesting cultural locations, and even tons of great food to enjoy on top of fun activities! We recommend just wading into the city and seeing where your exploration takes you. You might just run across a charming small café or a beautiful park or street that completely captivates and convinces you to move to the city yourself! Having said that, it’s still better to have some hint of a plan on how best to approach the city. For this reason, we’ve compiled a list of 5 must-see Vancouver sights for first-time visitors!

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A woman at a farmer’s market.

They say when you have a problem you can’t quite find a solution to, you should turn to nature for guidance and the answer will appear.

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Christmas Stockings

The Grit City is full of out-of-the-box options when it comes to gift giving. Sure, fill your stockings with the usual necessities–socks, underwear, toothbrushes, and scrunchies–but don’t forget to tuck something unique in there that will utterly stun the gift receiver and fill them with excitement.

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people that decided to visit Tacoma standing on a viewing board

It’s the most beautiful time of year in the Pacific Northwest. Holiday festivities in Tacoma include a visit from Santa at the mall, a dazzling display of lights at the zoo, mulled cider, and sleigh rides.

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Hot Poop

People tend to sidestep when they see hot poop on Main Street in Anywhere, USA. However, folks from all over the world have traveled to Walla Walla just to march right through Hot Poop. Not the dog stuff but the record store where did you really think I was going with this?

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Roller Derby

It’s fast, it’s furious but it has nothing to do with cars. Spinning wheels for sure but the only engines running at Roller Valley are powered by rage and an intense competitive spirit. After an extended time away from the oval due to Covid 19, The Lilac City Roller Derby is back in action.

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Patsy Clark Mansion

Tucked in Browne’s Addition just across from Coeur D’ Alene Park sits one of Spokane’s most elaborate mansions. Built in 1897 by famous architect Kirtland Cutter for the Clark family, this mansion was built in a Moorish style and is filled with Tiffany glass and wood carved accents.

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Dania Furniture

We’ve all been there. The dread, the woe and the living hell that is arguing with your partner about whether you want a leather or cloth sofa. Sure, the cloth is comfier, but the cats will have a field day scratching up the side that your guests will see most frequently. On the flip side, maybe the leather just doesn’t feel right. Regardless, if you’re me then you’re wrong and you just go with what the wife decides anyway.

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Petunia and Loomis

Spokane is full of oddities. When you look at our history, you might be tempted to tell Austin or Portland to take a back seat to Spokane’s own style of weird.

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