The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The narrowest street in Paris.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

Despite the name, this ancient statue of uncertain origins is unlikely to represent the Roman goddess Venus.

View one man's eccentric collection of nearly 5,000 corkscrews, then sip some Chablis.

This imposing castle has stood for nearly a thousand years.

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

A dad joke was inevitable when a member of this 19th-century chocolatier family married the president of France.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.

The only international border marker within the United States.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.