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A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

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

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.