This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

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

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

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

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

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Bizarre Cavern.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.