Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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