London, England
The Wildgoose Memorial Library
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
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London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
London, England
This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.
London, England
Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
Seattle, Washington
With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.
Aberystwyth, Wales
Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Franklin, North Carolina
Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.
Rome, Italy
A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.
Vienna, Austria
Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.