An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

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

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Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.