Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

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

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Claude Monet immortalized this medieval bridge in two of his paintings.

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

The home where the famous astrologer wrote some of his most telling prophecies.

Thanks to a clever legal loophole, this mountainside wine shop sells a hybrid cuvée that's been outlawed for nearly a century.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.