The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Half of a house.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.