Venice, Italy
Libreria Acqua Alta
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
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Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Fermo, Italy
A 2,000-year-old engineering wonder hides beneath an Italian town.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Seville, Spain
Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.
Myanmar
This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.
Antequera, Spain
Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.
Santa Luzia, Portugal
Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.
Split, Croatia
The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Colares, Portugal
In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.
Lisbon, Portugal
One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Lisbon, Portugal
Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.