A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.