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The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

A unique collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in-between.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

Secret Swing.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.