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Daredevil Gallery
The most engaging thing around Clifton Hill is the Daredevil Gallery attached to IMAX Niagara . Scratch your head in amazement at the battered collection of barrels and padded bubbles in which people have ridden over the falls (not all of them successfully). There's also a history of falls 'funambulism' (tightrope walking) here.
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Floral Showhouse
Around 1km south of Horseshoe Falls, the Floral Showhouse offers year-round floral displays and some warm respite on a chilly day. Opposite, lodged on rocks in the rapids, the Old Scow is a rusty steel barge that's been waiting to be washed over the falls since 1918 - a teetering symbol of western imperialism, perhaps?
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Laura Secord Homestead
The demure Laura Secord Homestead celebrates a Canadian heroine who lived here during the War of 1812. She's famous for booting it nearly 30km to warn the British soldiers of impending attack by the USA - even though she was a US citizen. The rose garden out front was planted by Laura herself. Tours on the half-hour.
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Mackenzie Printery & Newspaper Museum
The ivy-covered Mackenzie Printery & Newspaper Museum was where the esteemed William Lyon Mackenzie once edited the hell-raising Colonial Advocate . Enthusiastic young staff conduct tours every half-hour.
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