This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

Location: 43.6745, -79.2795

This palatial art-deco building in Toronto, Canada, looks like a museum, but is actually a water treatment plant. Surprisingly, the inside of the building is similarly elegant, with cavernous halls and marble passages, all full of filtration equipment. This opulence has earned the building the nickname “Palace of Purification.” The grounds are a popular place to play fetch with your dog, near the tiny ‘dog friendly’ end of the Beach area. (Apparently, open sewer dumping, the putrid Don River & industrial/shipping dumping in Lake Ontario pales in comparison to dog paws for pollution.)

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