This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

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

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

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

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Iron Butterfly's personal collection of footwear.

Marikina's record-breaking loafers.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.