Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

The middle finger of modernity.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A French museum of wrought iron.