The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

The magic's in the hole!

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.