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

A flying saucer has landed for good in the middle of a tiny Canadian town.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

It's 2 billion years old!

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.