Pay homage to the city that birthed a wrestling dynasty. Search for sidewalk stamps and manhole covers. Eat prairie oysters (that's code for cow balls). Learn all about a flamboyant madam named Diamond Dolly. Fish - or surf -- on a downtown river. Find a poem about a frog in a university stairwell. Spot goats doing weed control in public parks. Discover these and more hidden gems as the birthplace of ginger beef and the Caesar cocktail reveals to you why it's so much more than just home to the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

Jennifer Bain is an award-winning Canadian journalist who travels the world in search of quirk. She started her newspaper career in Calgary and Edmonton writing hard news before spending 18 years at Canada's biggest newspaper in Toronto as travel editor, food editor and Saucy Lady columnist. Jennifer has three kids, two cookbooks (Buffalo Girl Cooks Bison and the Toronto Star Cookbook: More Than 150 Diverse & Delicious Recipes Celebrating Ontario) and one jam-packed travel schedule as a freelanc