Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

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

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

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

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

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A collection of artworks exclusively created by the mentally ill that was almost burned by Nazi culture police.

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.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!