A place where the handcrafted and historical intertwine, Soetmelksvlei reimagines Cape Dutch farm life with exquisite detail. Emma Becque and Inge Prins explore this celebration of 19th-century craftsmanship at Babylonstoren in Cape Town.

Sculptor Nicolas Lefebvre has worked with design legends including Axel Vervoordt and Jacques Lacoste, who sent him to Peru to find furniture by Jean Royere. He walks Sara Pierdonà through his own work, created in his striking studios.

In an exclusive extract from the Special Edition of Cabana Issue 22, Mary Robbins explores a rediscovered 13th-century Venetian palazzo with a strange elegance. It deserves to be rescued and restored - an ambitious project for talented British designers, Angus and Charlotte Buchanan.

On the fringes of Zürich's bustling centre resides the Villa Patumbah, an eclectic blend of design styles all rolled into a jewel of the Belle Époque. Lucrezia Lucas explores this architectural landmark on a perfectly gloomy autumn afternoon.

Discover Amsterdam’s Sauna Deco, where the quiet allure of Art Deco thrives. Rare Lalique glass, vault furnishings from a historic bank and vintage treasures from Parisian department stores come together in a serene, familial setting.

Nestled in the heart of Kensington, Leighton House stands as a testament to the opulent artistry of the Victorian era, blending exotic elegance with meticulous craftsmanship. Alessandro Laraspata explores this rare London treasure, discovering a living canvas and the extraordinary man who created it.

Hidden behind an unassuming door in a 17th-century canal house lies one of Amsterdam's most extraordinary museums. Our Lord in the Attic is a clandestine Catholic church, perfectly preserved within a bourgeois residence, offering a rare glimpse into the city’s religious past. Emma Becque and Isabel Bronts unveil the secrets of this historic treasure.

Amid the turbulence and great changes of his life, flowing water remained a constant obsession for the last Raja of Karangasem in eastern Bali. Adi Hong-Tan visits the ruler's ancient water gardens at dawn, discovering a once-private paradise where the last Raja was both sovereign and divine.

Emma Becque and Taylor Hall O'Brien step into a storybook-like terrain to discover a series of fairytale cottages hidden within the wild and picturesque woodlands on the Bradford Estates in Shropshire.

The quaint Dutch town of Franeker hides an aromatic secret: a beautifully atmospheric tea and coffee house with a façade dating back to 1745. Cabana takes a tour of this silent sentinel.

Emma Becque peers behind the red curtain, rouge ruffles and 1920s decor of Amsterdam’s spectacular Royal Theater Tuschinski, discovering the inspiring, and tragic, story of a man who changed the course of cinema-going in Europe. Read on for his legacy - a cinema of dreams.

Camilla Frances explores (or rather, peers into) one of the most famous interiors in the world: Queen Mary's exceptional doll's house at Windsor Castle, a 100-year-old miniature marvel still considered to be an unsurpassed archive of British talent and craftsmanship.

Hidden behind a pocket-sized door in a doll's house-like building in the sleepy Dutch town of Franeker is a room so unique that even a King was star-struck. Emma Becque and Isabel Bronts explore the extraordinary world created by wool weaver turned astronomer, Eise Eisinga.

Taylor Hall O'Brien visits a 3000 square-foot warehouse bursting with creativity and atmosphere, filled with thousands of books and endless collections of objects: the Minneapolis studio of writer and artist, David Coggins Senior.

Rebeca Vaisman visits an extraordinary house museum in Lima, founded almost 100 years ago through the vision and passion of one man: Rafael Larco Hoyle.