The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This Italian foot path winds through the mountains via 52 individual tunnels.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

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

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.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.