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

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.