A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

The last of its kind in the country.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49