This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

Though they may seem like simple stones, these rocks represent a ghostly legend.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.