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

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.