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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.