A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

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

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

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.