Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

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