Monthly archives: June, 2020

Desert Oasis Abandoned Ontario House

Desert Oasis Abandoned Ontario House

A vacant house in Southern Ontario with a mural of a desert scene painted in the dining room. There’s a large sun room in the back that overlooks the backyard in-ground pool. There’s no vandalism here, just some signs that the property may be used as an occasional drinking site. Video


Mick Jagger Mansion (North York)

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This lovely home is located in Southern Ontario. As we approached it, we found the front door wide open, which is how many horror movies begin. The house has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, and as you can see working electricity. The front yard contained children’s bicycles and at one point a sandbox, which has…


1960’s Show – Abandoned Ontario Retro Bungalow

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This home is located in a populated area of the GTA in Ontario. It’s situated in an area of new development and so the property is gold for developers. It currently sits in limbo with plans for a school to be constructed on the land. The house has had the same owners for over 40…


Abandoned Black Staircase House in Toronto, Ontario

Black Staircase Mansion Ontario Abandoned

This house is another of the dozens of Toronto area properties that developers plan to demolish and construct new housing upon. The house is four bedrooms and bathrooms and was built in 1972. An addition to the house was constructed in 1983. Inside the front entrance is a large spiral staircase and an eighteen foot…


Lookout Inn in Callander, Ontario (North Bay)

The Lookout Inn is located just south of North Bay. It used to be a hotel with a dining area and patio overlooking Lake Nipissing. The business closed in the 1990s. The hotel was supposed to be revived in 2005 but plans fell through. The two buildings became a popular destination for vandals over the…


Jukebox Hero (Abandoned Ontario retro house with pool)

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February 2021 update : This property is now LIVED IN. Please don’t go there.When my exploring companion and I first pulled into the driveway of this location, we weren’t sure that we had the right property. For one thing it looked like a farm not a house. There was farm equipment parked on the grounds,…


Almaguin Highlands Secondary School (AHSS)

Almaguin Highlands Secondary School

In January of 1957 the South River and Sundridge school boards met with the goal of creating a shared high school facility. They formed the South River-Sundridge High School District school board. In April of 1957 the newly formed board purchased 47 acres of land for $1,400 in an area located between the two towns….


Wanup Public School

Wanup Public School

The community of Wanup is located outside the City of Greater Sudbury. Wanup began as a small farming community with an estimated 200 Finnish families living in the community by the 1930s. Children were taught in a one room school house until 1961.  By the 1950s it was estimated that 70 percent of the students…