In a special edition of The Globe and Mail’s roundup of the top housing and real estate stories, we’re featuring the best homes of the week of 2024. From multimillion-dollar Toronto mansions to secluded getaways from coast to coast, here are the most interesting homes The Globe featured this year.

57 Baby Point Cres., Toronto – Full gallery here

From the outside, the four-bedroom home looks like a classic Tudor-era Toronto home. But once inside, all pretense of classic styling disappears, and a sleek foyer with mid-century modern influences takes over. The previous owner undertook a multimillion-dollar renovation, which included adding heated floors and driveway, automated security, sound and lighting systems, and a complete redesign of the interior.

The floors throughout the house are a soft-stained oak in a herringbone pattern, and the kitchen features a central island with bar seating and a wall of windows on the rear that look into the wooded ravine, which open up completely with only an iron railing separating the room from the hidden pool deck below. In addition to a glassed-in private gym and sauna, the basement also features full-size arcade games – a man cave by any other name.

– Shane Dingman

1 Banfield St., Paris, Ont. – Full gallery here

Built in 1854, this five-bedroom Gothic Victorian mansion is one of the oldest grand homes in Paris, Ont., and has reportedly featured famous visitors such as inventor Alexander Graham Bell, automobile magnate Henry Ford and, more recently, author Margaret Atwood. Though the house still has many of its original elements – such as the arched windows, leaded glass and ornate mouldings – the current owners have made efforts to create a more eclectic, modern look in the interior.

Heated floors were installed, rooms were opened up and bright colours and detailed wallpaper bring out the details in the millwork. The backyard features a massive 54-foot by 20-foot saltwater pool, with two waterfalls flowing over a limestone wall – inspired by the owner’s home country of Lebanon.

– Carolyn Ireland

7328 Finnerty Sideroad, Caledon, Ont. – Full gallery here

Built in 1935, the four-bedroom stone farmhouse is nicely set back from the road on a parcel carved from one of the area’s original 100-acre farms. Renovated many times during its lifespan, the home still retains its heritage feel – a sitting room with a pegged oak floor and a wood-burning fireplace surrounded in stone is part of the original farmhouse.

There’s also a lower level with a recreation room, a wine cellar and utility rooms and a separate guest house overlooking the pool. But the best feature is the grand main bedroom, with its own terrace and a rushing creek just outside.

– Carolyn Ireland

Ridge House, 395910 11th Line, Clarksburg, Ont. – Full gallery here

The three-bedroom home located near Collingwood, Ont., was designed by Toronto-based architecture firm Superkül. Sitting on 25 acres, Ridge House is designed to enjoy the land surrounding the home. Skylights are positioned to allow the light to move around the structure during the day, and the kitchen, dining room and living room are in the centre of the one-storey building.

The best feature is a small haven carved out of a chunk of the southwest corner of the home, warmed by a gas fireplace under a vaulted ceiling clad in marine-grade mahogany, designed to sit and relax during any season.

– Carolyn Ireland