This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A coastal monument honors one of Mexico's most notable immigrant groups.

A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.