This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

A science teacher's dream.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.