Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Whether they are bulls or pigs, these ancient animal sculptures are fascinating relics.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

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

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

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

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