{"id":7540,"date":"2019-06-08T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2019-06-08T20:31:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T03:31:58","slug":"riley-park-tree-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=7540","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Riley Park Tree House"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Built Into A Tree For All To See<\/h2>\n<p>Tucked away in the bottom of an old (magical) tree in Riley Park is a miniature tree house, though nobody knows who built it, or when, or who lives there now. Some people think a family of mice, or perhaps a group of fairies live there. Maybe it&#8217;s a geocache? Whatever the case, it&#8217;s really cool. The Riley Park tree house is a hidden gem in Calgary, and although me telling you about it &#8216;exposes&#8217; it, it&#8217;s not much of a secret. It&#8217;s fun though. You like fun right.<\/p>\n<p>What makes it so cool? Every time I see it, it&#8217;s different. The home owners really go to town making sure the decorations don&#8217;t ever get boring. Sometimes they go missing in mere minutes after being placed!<\/p>\n<h2>Riley Park Tree House Pictures<\/h2>\n<p>Here are some of my photos of the house. I never touch anything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House Rainbow Pride Flags\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7562\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7561\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-snow.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-snow-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-snow-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-snow-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7560\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-fall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-fall.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-fall-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-fall-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-fall-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House 20 years old\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-644x483.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One day this sign showed up on the tree house saying it&#8217;s over 20 years old, and if in fact, a fairy house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Tree-house-Riley-Par-signs-.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House two signs\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Tree-house-Riley-Par-signs-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Tree-house-Riley-Par-signs--620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Tree-house-Riley-Par-signs--644x858.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then someone else added another sign saying the same thing for some reason.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7551 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-brown.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House fall\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-brown.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-brown-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-brown-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-Sign-brown-644x483.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7556\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-close.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-close.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-close-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-close-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-close-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House--620x826.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House--644x858.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7554\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wedding.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wedding-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wedding-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wedding-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Someone got married maybe?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7555 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wood.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House construction\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wood.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wood-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wood-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Riley-Park-Tree-House-wood-644x362.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How Long Has It Been There?<\/h3>\n<p>At least since 2016. The current Google Street View is from 2014 and it hadn&#8217;t yet been built.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7547 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-2014.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House 2014\" width=\"700\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-2014.jpg 700w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-2014-620x401.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-2014-644x417.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This thread from \/r\/Calgary on reddit is from 2016 and it was presumably built shortly before they noticed it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\" ><p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Calgary\/comments\/4liowp\/my_son_and_i_have_always_pass_this_tree_at_riley\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share\">My son and I have always pass this tree at Riley Park and joke how the hole in it looked like a house for a mouse. Today, we were pleasantly surprised to see this. Whoever did it, you are awesome and made my son&#8217;s day.<\/a> from      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Calgary\/\">Calgary<\/a>    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.redditmedia.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>How To Find The Riley Park Tree House<\/h2>\n<p>First, you have to promise not to wreck it. <em><strong>PROMISE<\/strong><\/em>? Okay good.<\/p>\n<p>On the west end of Riley Park is a playground. See the playground over there? See the garbage can in relation to that? That&#8217;s where you&#8217;ll find the fairy house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-garbage-can-e1560025155570.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House find it\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7544 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-how-to-find.jpg\" alt=\"Riley Park Tree House location\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-how-to-find.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-how-to-find-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-how-to-find-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fairy-house-Riley-Park-how-to-find-644x483.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s located at the end of 11a ST NW, in Hillhurst. Here&#8217;s a map. X marks &#8216;the spot&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1uhDyQn4w3Z7Ya1bySulHWh36Hq5zWwb_\" width=\"750\" height=\"480\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s cool, please don&#8217;t wreck it internet. I&#8217;m trusting you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built Into A Tree For All To See Tucked away in the bottom of an old (magical) tree in Riley Park is a miniature tree &#8230; <a title=\"The Secret Riley Park Tree House\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/?p=7540\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Secret Riley Park Tree House\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[380],"class_list":["post-7540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-wholesome","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-Riley-Park-Tree-House-bare.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15469,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7540\/revisions\/15469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crackmacs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}