A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

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.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.