Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

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

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

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.