A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.