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Happy Woodlawn Pet Cemetery.

Aurora, Ontario

Happy Woodlawn Pet Cemetery

Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.

John W. Bowser’s Empire State Building Grave

Aurora, Ontario

John W. Bowser's Empire State Building Grave

This uniquely shaped tombstone is dedicated to the project construction superintendent for the Empire State Building.

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Pleasantville Curve

Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario

Pleasantville Curve

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

3 miles from Aurora

Sharon Temple.

East Gwillimbury, Ontario

Sharon Temple

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

6 miles from Aurora

Markham, Ontario

Cathedral of the Transfiguration

This giant, unfinished suburban cathedral was meant to be the Canadian seat of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church

8 miles from Aurora

Richmond Hill, Ontario

David Dunlap Observatory

This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.

10 miles from Aurora

Thomas Foster Memorial.

Uxbridge, Ontario

Thomas Foster Memorial

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.

18 miles from Aurora

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