A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

The largest crypt ever constructed in France was built in the 11th century on an ancient Druid sacred site.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

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

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

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

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.