This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

Remnants of the Roman empire's northern frontier nestled in suburban Glasgow.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.