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305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

A store that specializes in realistic replicas of pop culture weaponry.

The 18th-century church's stained-glass windows tell the story of the Haudenosaunee people.

A small museum houses a long, rich history of life and death on Lake Erie — from famous shipwrecks to rum smugglers.

It may be a "Smoke Free Ontario" today, but at this museum you can still get a whiff of yesterday’s Golden Age of tobacco farming.

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

The ruins of a rehabilitation center for World War II vets can be found in the Westminster Ponds Conservation area.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

This towering bee statue is a tribute to Ontario's first meadery and a century-old honey producer.

A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.

Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.