Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.