Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

A French museum of wrought iron.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.