A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A curious collection of locks and keys.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

Got apples?

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.