Places nrith Wants to Go

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

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

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.

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

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

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.