This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.