Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Become a prohibition rebel.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

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

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

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.