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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Become a prohibition rebel.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.