An extraordinary collection of 18th century anatomical waxworks.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.