This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The largest canoe collection in the world—and the most Canadian museum ever.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.