A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

With former lives as a bomb shelter and government parking lot, this shop is one of China’s most extraordinary locales for book-lovers.

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

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

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

This dazzling three-story shop showcases the art and history of music boxes, a popular novelty in Japan.

This amusement park brings a little slice of England to the heart of Kyushu.