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Rome, Italy

Profondo Rosso

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Thomery, France

Château de Rosa Bonheur

The home and studio of one of the most celebrated female artists of the 19th century.
Brussels, Belgium

Jeanne Dielman Mural

A mural recalls a fictional woman who once lived at 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Brussels.
Asheville, North Carolina

The Cat Walk

Sculptor Vadim Bora's bronze felines pay playful homage to architectural features no longer extant along Asheville's Wall Street.
Winter Park, Florida

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Orlando, Florida

Lake Nona Sculpture Garden

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.
Orlando, Florida

Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.
Los Angeles, California

Circus Liquor Clown

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.
Paris, France

Debauve & Gallais

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Copenhagen, Denmark

Viksø Helmets

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.
Brooklyn, Nova Scotia

Concrete Creations

A long and winding trail through an ancient forest of imaginative sculptures hidden behind a garden center.
Kouklia, Cyprus

Aphrodite's Rock

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.
Paris, France

Lavatory de La Madeleine

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.
Brussels, Belgium

Hôtel Solvay

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.
Šibenik, Croatia

Fontana s Kornjačama (Fountain with Turtles)

This fountain has a growing (animal) population, and might also be growing in size.
Apple Valley, California

Dinosaur Mini Golf Ruins

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course
Cheltenham, England

Neptune Fountain

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Madrid, Spain

El Dragón de la Elipa

This dragon narrowly escaped demolition.
Earlton, New York

Basement Bistro

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.
Farmington, Maine

Nordica Homestead Museum

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.
New Haven, Connecticut

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Northeast Harbor, Maine

Asticou Azalea Garden

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.
Geneva, Illinois

Easy Chair Grave

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.
Hastings, England

Marine Court

This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.