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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Genoa's collection of over 4 million zoological, botanical, and geological specimens from around the world.

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.