Paris, France
La Promenade Plantée
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
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Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Budapest, Hungary
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Munich, Germany
One man's personal kunstkammer, museum and shop.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.