The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

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

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

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

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

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.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.