A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.