The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.