A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.