This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

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

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.