The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Bizarre Cavern.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.