For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.