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

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

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

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

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.