The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.