Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Got apples?

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.