Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

These striking ruins of a castle resemble a ship's stern.

A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.