One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

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

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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