An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.