The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.