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

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

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 museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

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

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.