This quaint re-creation of 19th-century village life could easily have become 'Ye Olde Disneyesque Embarrassment', but it's actually an interesting place to spend an afternoon....
1000 Murray Ross ParkwayThis is one of the city's older treasures of Georgian architecture, built in 1822 for Sir William Campbell, a judge who later became Chief Justice of Upper Canada. It passed...
160 Queen Street WSome love it, others dismiss it as a kitsch folly. Either way, Casa Loma is a sight to behold, with its corbelled towers and battlements. Late 19th-century magnate Sir Henry...
1 Austin TerraceCompleted in 1966, Toronto's fourth City Hall was one of the city's first modernist buildings. The then-mayor Nathan Phillips had held an international competition, won by...
100 Queen Street WArchitect John G Howard knew a thing or two about making a house a home. Shortly after becoming Toronto's first surveyor, he designed a villa for himself and his wife Jemima on...
Colborne Lodge Drive & the QueenswayDon Valley Brick Works Park is one of the most important geological sites in North America: the layers of sedimentary rock found in the quarry walls help scientists study the...
550 Bayview AvenueBilled as the last operating double-decker theatre in the world, this complex is also famous for its beauty. The two theatres have been painstakingly restored to their original...
189 Yonge StreetThis historic site is where present-day Toronto began. Lt-Governor John Graves Simcoe founded the fort in 1793 to protect the town of York, as Toronto was then known (the town...
100 Garrison RoadA postmodern château with a dungeon-like basement and giant bronze griffins flanking the central doorway, this public library is a fanciful piece of architecture. It's also a...
239 College StreetIt's a shame that this inn, the main part of which dates from 1830, is so far from anywhere else. But if you're in the area, it's well worth a visit. Thomas Montgomery operated...
4709 Dundas Street WestThis 50-room mansion was built for financier James Austin in 1866, but his son added even more space in the 20th century, so it now has elements of both Victorian and Edwardian...
285 Spadina RoadWhile Dundas Square contains some of Toronto's most important places of worship, the biggest shrine here is devoted to consumerism. The Eaton Centre opened its doors in 1977,...
1 Dundas Street WMies van der Rohe's late modernist masterpiece is a close cousin to his famous Seagram Building in New York, but the black-steel and bronze glass towers are now very much a...
66 Wellington Street W