A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

These Victorian era devil sculptures were designed to spite a local vicar.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.