This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

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.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

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

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

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

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

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.