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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.