A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A student driver's nightmare.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The author of Alice in Wonderland spent his final years at this whimsical Victorian home.