The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

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

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.