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An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Canada's largest dinosaur skeleton was hidden away in storage for more than 40 years.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.