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

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

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.