An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.