A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

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

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

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

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

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

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.