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

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.