The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.