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A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

New York's oldest magic store.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.