Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.