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

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

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

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

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.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.