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A selfie from the SkyPod level of Toronto's CN Tower, looking west along the Gardiner Expressway toward the bright lights of the Canadian National Exhibition, and the darkness of Humber Bay on Lake Ontario

CN Tower

If you choose to go up the CN Tower on a Saturday evening on the Labour Day weekend, after a Blue Jays game at the Rogers Centre next door, you shouldn’t be surprised that the wait time will be given as 95 minutes (yikes). That’s okay. Time to observe the multi-national crowd of visitors was …

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High Park Zoo

The showstoppers of my first ever visit to High Park Zoo were the handsome and shaggy West Highland Cattle. It was a very pleasant shock to see these gorgeous beasts that I’d fallen hard for in Scotland here in Toronto. This video from Friends of High Park Zoo gives a great overview of this popular …

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Where, oh where, is the Scadding Cabin on the CNE grounds? Through the Rose Garden and behind the Fort Rouillé Monument and, er, past the giant inflatable Godzilla.

Scadding Cabin

Despite perfectly adequate signage, finding the Scadding Cabin on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) was a little extra challenging this year because of, er, Godzilla. Nevertheless, once found, it was great to see Toronto’s Oldest House, built in 1794, looking so well and attracting so much interest. This Heritage Toronto plaque outside …

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Left: The massive (5,000 lb!) white rhinoceros named Tom, in the African Savanna section of the Toronto Zoo. Right: Albrecht Dürer's woodcut of a rhinoceros, 1515, courtesy the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Toronto Zoo

The 12-year-old white rhinoceros Tom at the Toronto Zoo got me thinking Albrecht Dürer’s image, created sight unseen, from 1515. This video explains. What a privilege to see such a wonderful creature in person in Toronto. Toronto Zoo is museum no. 31 in my #100museums challenge (see 100 Museums Challenge).

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Salem Witch Museum on a sunny day in August

Salem Witch Museum

I have to admit that my expectations for Salem Witch Museum were not high. However, the museum did a great job of presenting the story of the 1692 witch trials in Salem, using life-sized dioramas (stage sets) with a recorded sound and light presentation, followed up with sound education on evolving perceptions of witches. As …

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