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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

Secret Swing.

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

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

At Fountain and Division, in the shadow of Kendall College of Art and Design, lays the story of a fictional culture whose political system was used under license and who finally rebelled.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.