An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.