I enjoyed a day off today and the boys asked me to take them to see a space ship. So the closest one I could think of is about 90 KM (~55 miles) away in Vulcan, Alberta.
Vulcan saw a big rise in fame when the original Star Trek series came out and since then have built their tourism element around Star Trek. I figured most people here would have never seen the place and might enjoy some cell phone pics
The town has
erected (hi CBT) a very large model of the original Enterprise
The visitor center has a mini-museum of Star Trek merchandising from over the years, including original action figures in their original packages, models of the ships, original VHS tapes of every episode, art inspired by the show, etc.... This was my favorite!
A life-size cardboard version of Mr. Spock stands dustily in front of a wall full of action figures.
My boys enjoyed visiting with some cardboard crew members on the "bridge"
My son the chubby Vulcan boy
The gift shop has ample warnings posted
....and sells Star Trek diaper shirts!!!
The boys tried the new "space laser game" - the blue controllers are iPads built into the console.