Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

New York's oldest magic store.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.