Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.