A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

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

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

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

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

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