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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

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

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

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

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.