Ontario Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in Ontario. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports.
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Almonte: Statue of the Inventor of Basketball - Amaranth: World's Largest Golf Bag
- Barrie: Giant Thunderbird Sculpture
- Barry's Bay: Avro Arrow Jet - Scale Replica
- Bayfield: Wooden Captain Harry
- Beardmore: 35-Foot-Tall Snowman
- Blind River: Northern Ontario Logging Memorial
- Bracebridge: Large Pencil
- Brantford: Holstein Cow Statues
- Brockville: Oldest Railroad Tunnel: Light Show!
- Burks Falls: Camani's Screaming Heads
- Burlington: Giant Drippy Doughnut
- Caledonia: Oldest Drive-In in Ontario
- Caledon: Momument to World Plowing Competition
- Campbellford: Giant Canadian $2 Coin
- Carp: The Diefenbunker: Survival Hole for Canada's Elite
- Chatsworth: Front Yard Miniature Village
- Cheltenham: Great War Flying Museum
- Chesley: Big Bruce the Bull
- Chippewa Falls: Halfway Point of the Trans-Canada Highway
- Cobalt: World's Largest Claim Post
- Cobden: KFC/Pizza Hut in Noah's Ark
- Colborne: World's Largest Apple
- Deep River: TeePee, Chief Cutout, Gift Shop
- Dryden: Max the Moose
- Dunnville: Muddy the Mudcat
- Earlton: Earl, Big Bison of Steel
- East York: Elevated Wetland
- Echo Bay: World's Largest Loonie
- Edwardsburgh: Last Place U.S. Invaded Canada
- Exeter: White Squirrel Town
- Fenwick: Canada's Oldest Sugar Maple Tree
- Fonthill: Muffler Man (formerly Mr. Furnace)
- Fort Erie: Statue of Uncle Sam
- Gananoque: Leaping Muskie Fish Statue
- Goderich: Dutch Liberation Fountain, Big Wooden Shoes
- Goderich: Lonely Tomb in Never Built Town
- Goderich: Salt Discovery Monument
- Grand Bend: Big Plastic Rooster
- Gravenhurst: Statue of a Communist Doctor, the 26th Greatest Canadian
- Gravenhurst: World's Largest Muskoka Chair
- Greater Sudbury: Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf
- Guelph: Giant Gryphon Mascot
- Hamilton: Defunct Cross of Lorraine
- Hamilton: Gravestone in the Lobby Wall of an Old Folks Skyscraper
- Hamilton: Lifelike Dinosaurs and Patio Furniture
- Hamilton: Monument: The Farthest the U.S. ever got Invading Canada
- Hamilton: Tim Horton's Store #1
- Hastings: Pisces Pete, 12-Foot-Long Pickerel
- Hearst: Moose vs. Wolves Statue
- Indian River: Indian River Reptile Zoo
- Ingersoll: Ingersoll Cheese and Agricultural Museum
- Innisfil: Giant Rocking Horse
- Jordan Harbour: Wreck of The Big Weasel
- Kenora: Husky the Muskie
- Kenora: Volkswagen Spider
- Kincardine: Bagpipe Player Tree Carving
- Kingston: Canada's Only Prison Museum
- Kitchener: Russian T-54 Tank
- Kitchener: Spitfire on the Roof
- Lambton Shores: RCAF Fighter Aircraft
- Leamington: Giant Tomato Welcome Center
- Lindsay: Boy and the Boot
- Lucknow: Donald Dinnie, Greatest Athlete of the World
- Meaford: Bronze Scarecrow in Scarecrow Capital
- Meaford: Famous and Heroic Dogs Park
- Meaford: World's Largest Porch Swing
- Minnitaki: Sheep Statue
- Moonbeam: Flying Saucer in Town named Moonbeam
- Morrisburg: Prehistoric World
- Newtonville: Baba's Shoe Tree
- Niagara Falls: Barrel Daredevils of Niagara Falls
- Niagara Falls: Blue Moose With Mountie Hat
- Niagara Falls: Dinosaur Adventure Golf
- Niagara Falls: Empire State Building on Its Side
- Niagara Falls: Fiji Mermaid at Ripley's
- Niagara Falls: Flying Saucer Restaurant
- Niagara Falls: Giant Hershey's Chocolate Bar
- Niagara Falls: Giant Tomato On Truck
- Niagara Falls: Grave of Laura Secord, the Paul Revere of Canada
- Niagara Falls: Hillbilly's Shooting Gallery
- Niagara Falls: House of Frankenstein
- Niagara Falls: Niagara Daredevil: Look Up
- Niagara Falls: Niagara Parks Power Station
- Niagara Falls: Niagara's Fury: Better Than Real?
- Niagara Falls: Rock Legends Wax Museum
- Niagara Falls: Tesla Statue: Canadian Side
- Niagara Falls: Upside Down House
- Niagara Falls: World Wrestling Federation
- Niagara-on-the-Lake: Tiny Church
- North Bay: Dionne Quints Museum
- Orland: Giant Egg Crushes Car
- Orono: Jungle Cat World and Havelberg Pet Cemetery
- Oshawa: Chicken Truck
- Ottawa: Creepy Giant Spider
- Ottawa: Death Jacket of General Brock
- Ottawa: Hitler's Car
- Ottawa: Lunging Bear, Doomed Fish
- Ottawa: Objective Memory: Pyramid, Bear, Rocket Man
- Ottawa: Ottawa Jail Hostel
- Perth: New Replica of The Mammoth Cheese
- Perth: Old Replica of The Mammoth Cheese
- Porquis Junction: Guy-Paul Treefall, 20 Feet Tall
- Port Burwell: Full-Size Submarine in a Tiny Town
- Port Colborne: 1954 Dairy Queen with Original Sign
- Port Hope: 21-Foot-Tall Transformer Robot
- Port Hope: VW Beetle Spider
- Prince Edward: Birdhouse City
- Queenston: Floral Clock
- Queenston: Monument to Canada's Victory over the U.S.
- Sault Ste. Marie: Bushplane Museum
- Sault Ste. Marie: Head of Canada's First Lady Astronaut
- Sault Ste. Marie: Man vs Moose, Moose Wins
- Sault Ste. Marie: Statue of Drowned Dog Musher
- Sault Ste. Marie: Three Goofy Cows in a Pile
- Sault Ste. Marie: World's Largest Baseball
- Schomberg: World's Largest Inukshuk
- Scugog: 20-Foot-Long Mallard Duck
- Shakespeare: Town Proud of Its Name
- Shallow Lake: Tiny Church
- Shelburne: William Jelly Statue
- Southampton: Big Bulldog
- St. Thomas: Life-Size Jumbo the Elephant, He Died Here
- Sudbury: Giant Canadian Nickel
- Thessalon: Big Red Chair
- Thorold: Kissing Rock
- Thunder Bay: Stone Animal Fence
- Toronto: Best Collection of TVs in the World
- Toronto: Big Chunks of Old Buildings
- Toronto: Bondage Bed & Breakfast
- Toronto: Dog Fountain
- Toronto: Doll House
- Toronto: EdgeWalk: Quarter-Mile in the Air
- Toronto: Giant Toy Soldiers Celebrate U.S. Defeat
- Toronto: Poop Cafe
- Toronto: Stock Market Place
- Toronto: The Little House
- Tweed: Goofy Concrete Chicken
- Upsala: Mosquito Carrying a Man
- Vermilion Bay: Gas Station Inukshuk
- Vermilion Bay: Hitchhiking Bigfoot
- Walkerton: Art Fish of Walkerton
- Waterloo: Old Troll House
- Wawa: Grady, Largest Canada Goose in Canada
- Wawa: Original Giant Wawa Goose
- Wellesley: Cryptic Puzzle Headstone
- West Grey: Most Crowded, Tiny Cemetery in Ontario
- West Montrose: Last Covered Bridge in Ontario
- White River: Coldest Place in Canada
- White River: Winnie the Pooh's Hometown
- Wiarton: Big Upholstered Chair
- Wiarton: The Corran Ruins
- Wiarton: Wiarton Willie, Weather-Forecasting Groundhog
- Woodstock: Springbank Snow Countess: Famous Cow
- Woolwich: Shop in a Grain Silo
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Dunlop: Tiny Church
- Leamington: Eat inside a Double-Decker Bus
- London: Guy Lombardo Museum
- Mapleton: Cheese and Taxidermy Shop
- Niagara Falls: Alien Encounter
- Niagara Falls: Criminals Hall Of Fame Wax Museum
- Ottawa: Stainless Steel Atlas Rocket
- Peterborough: Giant Rocking Chair
- Shelburne: Diner In Toronto Streetcar
- Toronto: Statue of Molly Wood, Canada's Gay Pioneer
- Varney: World's Largest Adirondack Chair
