The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

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

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

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

The history and future of cannabis.

The Slovenian architect designed many landmarks in the capital city, including his own dream house.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

A relic from the Industrial Revolution got a second life as a contemporary performing arts space.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.