Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

This small hill features the most notable collection of petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.