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

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.