With its rich heritage, natural beauty, and wonderful livability, Ottawa is so much more than a government town. This guidebook reveals the intriguing stories and secret places of Canada's capital city. Pay homage to a Soviet intelligence officer whose defection ushered in the Cold War, and then visit a rural museum housed in a former underground bunker built to withstand a nuclear blast. Skate through a forest and boat down a historic canal. Fly over the city in a vintage, open-cockpit biplane. Discover these and more hidden gems as Canada's capital city reveals to you why it's so much more than just a government town.

Jennifer Bain is an award-winning Canadian journalist who travels the world in search of quirk. She started her newspaper career in Calgary and Edmonton writing hard news before spending 18 years at Canada's biggest newspaper in Toronto as travel editor, food editor and Saucy Lady columnist. Jennifer has three kids, two cookbooks (Buffalo Girl Cooks Bison and the Toronto Star Cookbook: More Than 150 Diverse & Delicious Recipes Celebrating Ontario) and one jam-packed travel schedule as a freelance writer.