Places bauer1122 Wants to Go

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

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

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.