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

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

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

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

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.