Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

According to the legend, this structure was built in a single night with the help of the devil.