This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

Inside this museum, Christians were imprisoned when the Romans controlled Gaul.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

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

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

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

The largest underground church in Europe.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The gaunt visage of this angular Christ giant is enough to put the fear of God into all who see it.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

A delightful museum devoted to the history of books.

This multi-level, aqueduct-footbridge hybrid is one of the greatest works of the Spanish Renaissance.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

During an annual Catholic feast in this tiny Spanish village, men dressed as devils leap over rows of babies to cleanse them of sin.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.

Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.