This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.