Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.