This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

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.

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

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

The ruins of a monastery where Saint Bridget of Sweden had her revelations recorded.

Originally located in the business district, this former barracks building was dismantled and rebuilt on Hong Kong Island's south side

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

The world's second-largest toy production company has a lineup of its heroes outside