Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

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.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

This unique architectural wonder is also tied to one of the 20th-century's most renowned writers.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.