A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.

The largest open-pit gold mine in Canada.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

A lake formed in the basin of a massive impact crater takes the shape of an unbroken ring when viewed from above.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

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

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A community-run museum invites visitors to explore Jewish communities before and after the Holocaust.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruous in rural Vermont.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.