Maincy, France
Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
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Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Asnières-sur-Seine, France
The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Saint-Ouen, France
A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.
Glasgow, Scotland
This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Aboyne, Scotland
A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Forres, Scotland
A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.