Paris, France
Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
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Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Paris, France
An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.
Paris, France
Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Beverly Hills, California
Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Pacific Grove, California
Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.
Placerville, California
Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.