This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

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

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

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

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

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.

This small town museum is home to the largest collection of puppets in Australia.

Worship at the altar of seafood at this fish-and-chip shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

A small Australian farmhouse became an international icon after appearing on a Midnight Oil album cover.

This salt lake in South Australia features seasonal color changes and its very own loch monster.

An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.

The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.

This stone tower was built in the late 19th century to signal the time to ships in the water.

Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.