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

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.