For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Petting this mysterious iron monkey supposedly brings good luck.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.