This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

An arresting temple full of mosaics as colorful as the politician they memorialize.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

This Hindu temple is an architectural marvel designed and built according to ancient Indian principles.

A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

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

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

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.