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

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.