This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.

A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.