The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

A tiny, forgotten park of surrealist sculptures in Angouleme.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."