A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

A suspended footbridge allows for traversing this gorge carved through the French Alps.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

Austria's very first and only nuclear power station was completed but never used.

Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.