Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Kalaupapa Leper Colony
Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.
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Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
Stockholm, Sweden
Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Diani Beach, Kenya
Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.
Tokyo, Japan
This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.
Helsinki, Finland
On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Oslo, Norway
A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.
Stonyhurst, England
The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
Brooklyn, New York
A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.