A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

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

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Home to items never before seen by the public.