A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

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

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.