Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large part in Dublin.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.