This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

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

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

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

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.