Here's a precursor to the spooky wallpaper in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, from a 1904 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.  This illustration prefigures the work of M.C. Escher by about three decades.

An illustration from an 1897 issue of The Strand magazine.  The caption reads: "The weight of the Earth is rather more than equal to the weight of 1,625 United Kingdoms, each one of these United Kingdoms going all the way down to the centre of the Earth."

An illustration from an 1852 issue of Godey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Scribner's magazine.

An illustration from an 1899 issue of Quartier Latin magazine.  The caption reads: "Van accepted resignedly the holes burnt in his best Persian praying rug."

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Miss Holmes made no answer, for she, too, was seeing the vision."

From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:

An illustration from an 1897 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "A shaggy artist was maltreating a sonata of Beethoven's."

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

An illustration from an 1860 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Taming a groom."

Staring into the depths: an illustration from an 1899 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "He was a man upon the edge of some despair."

Even way back in 1906, the election fairy had a knack for manipulating the voting machine.  From Punch, 1906.

"Lamp Fairy":  an illustration from an 1859 issue of Godey's magazine.

An illustration from a 1921 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "His green eyes focused upon the pulsating artery in the man's throat—and then he struck.  The man jumped, screamed, threw out his arms."

An illustration from a 1920 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "For the first time in their lives they meditated upon the unusual."

An illustration from a 1914 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "She leaned forward as if hypnotized and stared at her reflected image.  'I will look,' she whispered hoarsely, 'until those eyes stop glaring like that!'"

An illustration from an 1861 issue of Godey's magazine.  The caption reads: "After dinner in the woods: or, two days in the mountains."

A surrealist illustration from a 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "I struck out for a side of the glass, swimming valiantly."