The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

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.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

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

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