This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A student driver's nightmare.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.