This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

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

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

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Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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

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

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

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

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

Museum of amazing old toys and automata.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.