A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Ireland's only German military cemetery holds the remains of a spy who was moved there under the cover of darkness.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.