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Casa Loma

Here are five things I learned during my afternoon at Casa Loma. 1. It is worth making your way to the third floor and climbing up the spiral stairs, if you are able, to the open-air Norman Tower, for the stunning views of Toronto. Casa Loma sits on top of the escarpment which is the …

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The green oasis that is the Palm House at Toronto's Allan Gardens, open every day

Allan Gardens

Downtown Toronto’s indoor botanical garden, Allan Gardens (free! open every day!), is where you go when winter is too much. The main Palm House conservatory we see today (above) opened in 1910, replacing an 1879 pavilion destroyed by fire in 1902. There are five other greenhouses, including (with plants per the City of Toronto’s Allan …

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Colborne Lodge costumed interpreters Alice and Caitlyn making us laugh with historical tall tales, on a beautiful August evening

Colborne Lodge

Colborne Lodge is the fourth of the ten City of Toronto Museums I’ve visited this year (after Gibson House, Market Gallery, and Scarborough Museum). Last year a friend and I had the privilege of a private tour of the interior, due to our being the only walk-ins at the time on the freezingest Sunday in …

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Cornell House with Hough Carriage Works to the left

Scarborough Museum

I’ve decided to make it a priority to visit the ten City of Toronto Museums as part of my 100 Museums Challenge this year, if at all possible. One that I’ve never been to, due to its being far out of my regular paths, is the Scarborough Museum. Kudos and warm thanks to the knowledgeable …

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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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