A vault for strange artifacts, mysterious relics, fantastical objects and supernatural souvenirs, Warehouse 13 is a massive, top-secret government storage facility in windswept South Dakota. The Warehouse's caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) and his agents Pete (Eddie McClintock), Myka (Joanne Kelly) and Claudia (Allison Scagliotti) are responsible for chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of artifacts to cache at the Warehouse.The agents are enjoying a rare rainy day holiday when Pete inadvertently discovers a diorama model of the original warehouse built by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and M.C. Escher. Pete accidentally triggers the mechanism, transforming the warehouse and it's inhabitants into a life sized version of this diabolical diorama.