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An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

The feminist fashion collective centering Palestinian craftsmanship and radical transparency.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.

A restaurant with an extensive Irish whiskey bar also has several first editions of famous works by Irish authors.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.