This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.