One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

The world's largest wooden structure.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.