The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

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

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

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

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.