The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

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

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

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

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.