A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

Danish observation tower designed to look like a giant beer bottle.

At this bohemian accommodation, guests who dream of joining the circus can spend the night in themed wagons.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.