The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

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

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

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.