Top 10 most photogenic locations in Canada

#6

Canadian Badlands, Alberta

For Jurassic-sized adventure along the Red Deer River in southeastern Alberta, the Canadian Badlands reward with lunar-like landscapes, windswept canyons, rustic ranches, hoodoo rock formations, weather-sculptured coulees, and treasured historic sites. But most visitors make the journey here for the dinosaur bones that are unearthed at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Dinosaur Provincial Park and showcased at the excellent Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller. While both attractions are essential detours, don’t miss the chance to take spontaneous shots of ghost towns, abandoned coalmines, and cowboys and ranchers riding horseback through prairies and grasslands. Also trip-worthy is the little-known Red Rock Coulee – a unique and wildlife-rich area made up of huge red rock-shaped boulders formed around 13,000 years ago.

Get the shot: Pack both a wide-angle lens for sweeping landscape photos and a macro lens to photograph the lichens covering the huge rocks at Red Rock Coulee. It tends to hot up around 11am during the summer, so head here at around sunrise or just before sunset.