This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

An 18th century fountain and two columns are all that remains of Rome's forgotten river harbor.

A French museum of wrought iron.

A closer look at this somewhat faded hotel by the Corinth Canal reveals the architectural undertones of a genius.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”