This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.