A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

New York's oldest magic store.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

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

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

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

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.