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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.