The city of yesterday still exists today. Dusty roads are flanked by empty industrial buildings and warehouses built in the mid-20th century with old dusty cars parked haphazardly on the broken sidewalk. The old Sears building with the 1-800-26-SEARS phone number emblazoned on the wall and a former Lowe’s box store with the scarred shadow of its logo on the iconic blue sign still stand. Prairie folk showing off llamas, cows, and asses inside air-conditioned shopping malls still draws crowds.
Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan, though crappy, still has lots to offer. There’s the RCMP Heritage Centre, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum with the world’s largest T-rex and tours of Government House and the provincial legislature are free of charge. I’d avoid the science centre and MacKenzie Art Gallery as expensive and uninteresting, there are much better options in neighbouring Winnipeg.
There isn’t much of a downtown to speak of, in fact, you could drive across all of Regina in just 15 minutes under light traffic conditions. The strip malls are quiet, the Ring Road only goes half way, and liquor stores are about as common as McDonald’s drive through locations. When I tell people I’m visiting New York City, they tell me to have fun. When I tell people I’m going to Regina, they ask me what there is to do. Yeah, what is in Regina?
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