Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

This one-of-a-kind indie publisher-bookshop specializes in archiving historic red-light districts and niche cultural topics of the Shōwa era.

A hidden gallery exhibits intricate, decades-old Buddhist reliefs.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

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

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.