Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

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

Beautiful carved tunnels.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

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

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

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

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