World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

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

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This notorious Canadian mental institution was home to some of the first LSD experiments and origin of the word "psychedelic."

Secret Swing.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

What was once the largest mine in North America has left behind a hollow hill filled with bright blue waters.

Inside this park, an engineering marvel from the early 20th-century still stands.

Knitting isn't just for grandmothers and counterculture isn't just for punks.

This remote Moravian mission brought Christianity—as well as devastation—to the Inuit people.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

Accessible only by train, the beauty of Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park is worth the journey.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

First mosque in Canada, second in North America.