Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

This basilica is dedicated to two saints, one of which is known more for his famous quote.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.