A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

A collection of miniature, symbolic sculptures hides in plain sight across Kyiv.

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

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

A cemetery for Slovenian notables also serves as a popular recreation space.

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This exquisite, alienesque piece of Soviet architecture is being threatened by modern shopping malls.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.