Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

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

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

A section of a historic wooden trestle viaduct is preserved next to the railway line it once carried.

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.