Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

Rome is now home to a stunning food museum and library.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.