This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.