Places INK Wants to Go

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

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

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

Canada's first pet cemetery is now abandoned.

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

This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.

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

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

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

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.