The 21,000-seat arena offers regular behind-the-scenes tours that, schedule permitting, include a glimpse inside the dressing rooms of home teams the Raptors (basketball) and...
40 Bay StreetAmsterdam Brewing Co produces a couple of stalwarts (Natural Blonde and Nut Brown) that are found on tap in pubs across the city, as well as at branches of the Beer Store. On...
21 Bathurst StreetThis 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 WThe second-largest queer archive in the world, set in the heart of the gay village. It boasts a huge collection of books and periodicals documenting the history of gay rights....
Suite 202Some 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 WThough it has now been eclipsed as the world's tallest structure (by the Burj Dubai), the CN Tower held the title for an impressive 30 years. Some quip that the best thing...
301 Front 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 StreetThe imposing Princes' Gates (named after Edward, Prince of Wales, and his brother George) rise up to meet you as you approach the grounds from the east and promise the pomp and...
Lake Shore Boulevard WThis 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 RoadToronto's waterfront is finally getting some respect after a feeding frenzy by developers, whose concrete curtain of condos blocked the city from the lake breezes and vistas....
The foot of Spadina Avenue