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

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.