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These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

A quiet cemetery in northeastern North Carolina holds tiny structures believed to protect spirits.