Paris, France
Lion of The Botanical Gardens
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
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Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Paris, France
An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.
Cardiff, Wales
The world's oldest continuously operating record shop has been in Cardiff since 1894.
Glasgow, Scotland
One of the first reinforced-concrete buildings built in the UK, now abandoned.
Blyde, South Africa
The tallest waterfall in the region is named after a capital far, far away.
Bryan, Ohio
This towering sweet treat is big enough to share... with an entire city.
Malmö, Sweden
A bronze sculpture on a bridge, of the shoes of 29 famous Malmöites.
Sölden, Austria
A mountaintop museum of Bond props, sets, and cinematic secrets.
Nuremberg, Germany
This modest German chapel has been in use for more than 1000 years.
Muscatine, Iowa
A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.
Washington, D.C.
This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A hidden pet cemetery honors the generations of canine companions from one of Pittsburgh's most famous estates.
Fullerton, California
A statue destroyed by a 1987 earthquake lies in pieces on a university campus.
Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy
A museum dedicated to highlighting the extraordinary in ordinary lives.