Monthly archives: February, 2020

Abandoned Ontario $4.5 Million GTA Mansion

Wasted Space Million Dollar Mansion Ontario

This mansion is located in the Greater Toronto Area. It was built around 1985. I named it the “Wasted Space Mansion” because I find that it has too much room and not enough character. You could fill it with furniture and still have too much empty space left over. The mansion was purchased in 1985 for…


Niagara Falls Hotel Europa and City Limits Night Club

Pool table in abandoned hotel

The history of Hotel Europa dates back several decades to a time when it was named the “Columbia Hotel”. The Columbia was later town down and the Trennick was built on the grounds. It opened on June 13, 1910 with Mr. Charles R. Newman as the proprietor. Rates for one of the 40 rooms ranged from…


Abandoned Ontario Buddhist Retreat

Buddha statue

The Buddhist Retreat was discovered in 2012 and it located down a nondescript driveway in Vaughan, Ontario. As you walk down the overgrown driveway, life size Buddha statues began appearing in the forest indicating what’s soon to be found. The first building that we encountered appeared to have been used by a squatter. An extension…


McCormicks Candy Factory in London Ontario

mccormicks candy factory london

The history of McCormicks begins in 1849. In 1849 Thomas McCormick emigrated to Canada from Ireland. In 1858 McCormick begun the manufacturing of candy in a factory located on Clarence Street in London, Ontario. The company was incorporated under the name of McCormick Manufacturing Company in July of 1879. When McCormick passed away in 1906…


Piano Teacher Time Capsule House in Ontario

sketchinthePianoTeacher'sHouse Abandonedontariotimecapsule

The Piano Teacher Time Capsule is an abandoned house in Ontario once lived in by two musicians from Estonia. The house has remained undisturbed for many years and only recently could it be explored. This was the home of Klaudia Voiko and Tatjana Jakobson (Talvi Jaldre) . Voika was born May 31, 1909 in Valga, Estonia….


The Abandoned Pastor Lee House – Ontario

creepy lee house ontario

This is the story of the Lee House in Ontario. It’s a mixture of time capsule and bizarre oddities to be seen. The house belonged to the Lee family. Esther Lee Gladstone was born on November 3rd, 1893.  Arthur Lee was born in 1897. Esther obtained her diploma from the Moody Blue Institute in Chicago….