A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

Some believe this tree to be more than 1,500 years old.

A 200-year-old live oak on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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

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

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.