Side Trips from Toronto: Places to Explore

Outcroppings of pink and gray granite, drumlins of conifer and deciduous forest, and thousands of freshwater lakes formed from glaciers during the Ice Age characterize the rustic Muskoka region north of... Read more

Although cynics have had a field day with Niagara Falls (most memorably, Oscar Wilde called it "the second major disappointment of American married life"), most visitors are truly impressed. The falls... Read more

Ontarians have been growing Concord grapes for (sweet) wine in the Niagara region since the 1800s, but experiments with European Vitis vinifera species between the 1950s and 1970s led to more serious wine... Read more

The southern shores of Lake Huron's Georgian Bay are home to waterfront towns and beaches that are popular getaways for Torontonians in summer. Ski resorts—Blue Mountain is the most popular—draw... Read more

In July 1953 Alec Guinness, one of the world's greatest actors, joined with Tyrone Guthrie, probably the world's greatest Shakespearean director, beneath a hot, stuffy tent in a quiet town about a 90-minute... Read more