When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

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

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

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

A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.

An atmospheric, medieval-themed book store hides in a 13th-century underground space.