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

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

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

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

Movie buffs will love this Taiwanese director’s ode to film history.

This kitschy, kinky homage to Taipei’s old “grandpa shops” is full of eye-candy.

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.