Places smaezane Wants to Go

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

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

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

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

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.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.