Places ChugBingus Wants to Go

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

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

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

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

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.