A collection of biblical memorabilia.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

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

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

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

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

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

The narrowest street in Paris.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.