A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.