A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

Home to one man's collection detailing the history of photography.

A metal skywalk leads to the top of this striking granite outcrop in Porongurup National Park.

The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.

A rare chance to enter an original gold mine from the 1800s.