Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.