The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The mummified relic of St. Antoninus.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.