The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Got apples?

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

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

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.