A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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

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.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.