The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

More sculpture than building, this architecturally significant temple was built on the spot of Saint Peter's crucifixion.

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.