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Why the Secret Garden on Top of Vancouver’s Library Stayed Hidden for 20 Years

How plans for an open air roof garden were scrapped, and then brought back to life.

53 Years Ago, Vancouver’s Very Own Fool Turned This City Upside Down

Jesse Donaldson examines the life of Joachim Foikis in his new book, Fool’s Gold.

The Victorian Museum Hidden in Plain Sight in Vancouver’s West End

Retracing the Roedde family’s history and the house they built.

Vancouver’s Iconic Burrard Bridge Has a Hidden Stairwell Buried Deep Inside

Grand old secrets of the Burrard Street Bridge.

The Secret Tunnels and Sacred Artifacts You Won’t See at Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology

But some historical hints are hidden in plain sight.

B.C.’s Most Famous Architect Left a Scandalous Trail of Ruined Lives

The complicated legacy of Francis Rattenbury.

Coal Harbour’s Floating Chevron Station Is the Last of Its Kind

How the Vancouver landmark outlasted its competitors in Gasoline Alley.

The Lonely Power Plants That Skirted the Law to Fuel Vancouver’s Thirst for Electricity

The Buntzen Lake powerhouses were a technological marvel when they were built 120 years ago.

How Land Grabs Pushed the Original Inhabitants of Kits Beach Off Their Land

The Canadian Pacific Railway started laying tracks even before it evicted the Squamish village of Snauq.

Inside Vancouver’s Historic German Club, Where Everyone Is Welcome to Schuhplattle

Founded in 1935 by German and Austrian immigrants, Alpen House is still going strong.