A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

These seven moai figures are the world's only sanctioned replicas of the Easter Island originals.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.