A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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 masonic museums in Paris.

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

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

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.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.