How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.