This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."