One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.