The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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