One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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