This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

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.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.