A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

This ancient stone necropolis is in danger of disappearing.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

Land that belongs to no nation.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.