Paris, France
Deyrolle Taxidermy
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
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Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Montpellier, France
This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.
Los Angeles, California
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Portbou, Spain
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.
Argelaguer, Spain
Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, France
Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
Vaïssac, France
This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Saint-Étienne, France
An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.