A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

The magic's in the hole!

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.