This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

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

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

The trailblazing Swedish businesswoman created a beloved minty candy called polkagris.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.