Vienna, Austria
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
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Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Ithaca, New York
The library of every book lover's dreams.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Duncans Cove, Nova Scotia
Explore the ruins of war and maritime history along this gorgeously ferocious North Atlantic seascape.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.
Britannia Beach, British Columbia
From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.
Western Shore, Nova Scotia
Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.
Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Toronto, Ontario
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Los Angeles, California
What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection.
Los Angeles, California
Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.
Los Angeles, California
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Washington, D.C.
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Shaharah, Yemen
One of the most remote and isolated villages on the Arabian Peninsula.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Atlanta, Georgia
Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Villavieja, Colombia
Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.