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For a few short weeks in spring, this hiking path becomes a daffodil paradise.

This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.

A set of beech hedges planted in the 19th century forms a tunnel that takes on a different appearance in every season.

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

Nestled in the woods lies this land art project: a hybrid between park, maze and natural monument.

Located inside Hoge Veluwe National Park, this museum began as the private collection of a prominent female art collector.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

A grand mansion in rural mid-Wales gifted to the Welsh people by two sisters.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

A 15th-century house single-handedly disassembled then reassembled bit by bit 100 miles away.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

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

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.