One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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 Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

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

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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

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

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

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