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An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

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Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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

The tombstone of an unfortunate explorer who disappeared in the Paris Catacombs.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.