The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This enchanting green space houses a labyrinth lined with toxic plants.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

Eccentric sculpture garden brings Basque mythology to life.

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.