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Oldest Railroad Tunnel: Light Show!
Brockville, Ontario
Oldest rail tunnel in Canada, completed in 1860. A tight fit for trains, but now popular with pedestrians, and enhanced with color-shifting LED lights and music.
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Niagara Falls - U.S. vs. Canada
Niagara Falls, Ontario
It's no contest at this up-until-11 border hot spot: Canada wins.
Rock Legends Wax Museum
Niagara Falls, Ontario
A senior citizen Niagara Falls artist has sculpted over 70 wax renditions of famous rock and roll performers. New ones continually added. Special "Heavy Metal Chamber" gallery.
Barrel Daredevils of Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Collection of a dozen battered barrels, balls, and iron boats used by crazy people at Niagara Falls, some of whom actually survived. Large placards tell their stories.
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- Beardmore: 35-Foot-Tall Snowman [tips]
- Brockville: Oldest Railroad Tunnel: Light Show!
- Burks Falls: Camani's Screaming Heads [tips]
- Campbellford: Giant Canadian $2 Coin [tips]
- Colborne: World's Largest Apple [tips]
- Dunville: Muddy the Mudcat [tips]
- Exeter: White Squirrel Town [tips]
- Fonthill: Muffler Man (formerly Mr. Furnace) [tips]
- Gravenhurst: World's Largest Muskoka Chair [tips]
- Hamilton: Monument: The Farthest the U.S. ever got Invading Canada
- Hamilton: Lifelike Dinosaurs and Patio Furniture [tips]
- Hamilton: Tim Horton's Store #1 [tips]
- Kenora: Husky the Muskie [tips]
- Kenora: Volkswagen Spider [tips]
- London: Black Squirrel Capital
- Meaford: World's Largest Porch Swing [tips]
- Moonbeam: Flying Saucer in Town named Moonbeam [tips]
- Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls - U.S. vs. Canada
- Niagara Falls: Tesla Statue: Canadian Side
- Niagara Falls: Rock Legends Wax Museum
- Niagara Falls: Barrel Daredevils of Niagara Falls
- Ottawa: Hitler's Staff Car [tips]
- Ottawa: Creepy Giant Spider
- Ottawa: Ottawa Jail Hostel [tips]
- Peterborough: Giant Rocking Chair [tips]
- Port Burwell: Full-Size Submarine in a Tiny Town [tips]
- Port Hope: 21-Foot-Tall Transformer Robot
- Queenston: Monument to Canada's Victory over the U.S.
- Queenston: Floral Clock [tips]
- Sault Ste. Marie: World's Largest Baseball [tips]
- Sault Ste. Marie: Man vs Moose, Moose Wins [tips]
- Schomberg: World's Largest Inukshuk [tips]
- St. Thomas: Life-Size Jumbo the Elephant, He Died Here [tips]
- Sudbury: Giant Canadian Nickel [tips]
- Toronto: Poop Cafe [tips]
- Varney: World's Largest Adirondack Chair [tips]
- Vermilion Bay: Hitchhiking Bigfoot [tips]
- Wawa: Grady, World's Largest Canada Goose [tips]
- Wellesley: Cryptic Puzzle Headstone [tips]
- Wiarton: Wiarton Willie, Weather-Forecasting Groundhog [tips]
