The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.