Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

The first modernist church in Europe.

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

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This exuberantly curated landscape is one of the largest sculpture gardens in Canada.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

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

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.