A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.