When I first heard about the abandoned subway system in Rochester, NY, I foamed at the mouth at the prospect. Coming from Toronto, where the only "abandoned" subway was the closed-off Bay Lower Station, the prospect of a completely abandoned system was tantalizing. However, at that time, I had no car and no contacts in Rochester, so seeing it remained a dream.

From anywhere on the lake and islands, the impressive smokestack of Hearn stands tall for all to see. The generating station itself is the largest building in the portlands, easily visible from the Prince Edward Viaduct. The station itself began as a coal-fired plant, but in later years was converted to a gas-fired plant before being mothballed in July of 1983 amid pollution concerns.

The irony of this visit was never lost on me. I was visiting the remains of the Eastman Kodak complex, once the manufacturing home for rolls upon rolls of film, carrying on my back one of the reasons for the demise of the film industry... my digital camera. But such is life in any industry where technology can have major impacts... you adapt or you end up left behind.

An Edwardian-styled hotel, located in the heart of Downtown Hamilton and boasting a rich history, the Royal Connaught is unassuming to the passerby. Closed since 2004 and sitting abandoned and partially demolished, the building has fallen on very hard times.

Any building that was built before 1982 and is made of bricks is connected to this once-active location; its history stretches across the city due to the bricks in most of the city being made here. Now, the former source of Toronto's bricks sits abandoned, its quarry turned into a natural park while the building itself rots away.

Long recognized on the Toronto airport strip, the Regal Constellation is one of the oldest hotels on the strip. It now sits in ruin, having been closed in 2003 after the crash in Toronto tourism concluding with the SARS crisis.