France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

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

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

You'll find just about anything in this funky Tbilisi flea market.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.