The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

From Nazi chemicals to the CIA, this architectural marvel has played a fascinating role in German history.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.