See. Royal Ontario Museum See a killer whale vertebra, a Toronto-area mystery, on display. Straight Flush Experience James Turrell's light art installation in the Bay Adelaide Centre lobby. Moving Monuments A musical robot made from reclaimed materials and sounds of Toronto. Highlands Cinemas Visit a nostalgic theater with an immense collection of movie memorabilia and 58 cats. Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History Explore the Dawn Settlement, Henson's home, and the Interpretive Centre.
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The Royal Ontario Museum is one of the premier institutions in Canada, which often makes it a destination for local paleontological and archaeological finds. That includes a killer whale vertebra found underneath Queen's Quay and Bay Street, discovered during transit excavations in 1988. Unfortunately, the vertebra's origins are still up for debate to this day. The discovery was, at first, a ca…
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American light artist James Turrell creates big, bold installations that generate worldwide fanfare, like his Roden Crater in Arizona or Skyspaces built into mountains or accessed through a swimming pool. But sometimes a Turrell work lives quietly amongst us. In downtown Toronto’s busy financial district, thousands of suits walk past a James Turrell daily. The artwork, entitled Straight Flush,…
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The arenas, hotel rooms, and cottages of the Canadian sensation can mostly be found in Ontario.
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Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and all major podcast apps. I’m Kelly McEvers, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. This episode was produced in partnership with Destination Toronto. And today, I’m talking to the artist and architect Danny Shaddock and the rapper Shad about this incredible collaboration of theirs th…
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One man’s trash is Danny Shaddick’s treasure. The Toronto architect-artist-musician’s latest work marries recordings of everyday sounds with pieces of scrap metal to create intricate instruments that produce rhythmic soundscapes on their own. The project, a collaboration with award-winning Canadian rapper and recording artist Shadrach Kabango, a.k.a. Shad, aims to express the energy of Toronto…
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Located just outside of a tiny Ontario town (population: approximately 300), this hidden gem has more theater seats than locals to fill them. The 550-seat complex contains five theaters and has drawn in locals from the surrounding area since 1979. Owner Keith Stata has recreated the nostalgic theater experience, only amplified by the immense collection of movie and industry memorabilia and anti…
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Learn the story of Josiah Henson, whose life inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin - a landmark in protest literature. An abolitionist, preacher, and author, Henson escaped slavery with his family in 1830, fleeing from the U.S. to Canada. He later became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, rescuing hundreds of enslaved people. He relocated to Dresden, Ontar…
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