Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

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

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."