A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

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 toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Walled family complexes in Southern China.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A strange tribute to all the fallen souls of war.

Children's literature inside, forest all around.