This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.