The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

The zoological collection at the Hessisches Landesmuseum hosts some of the world's oldest habitat dioramas.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.

This restored 17th century synagogue is one of the few remaining structures in Morocco’s ruined Jewish quarters.