How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

The first thermometer made with the almost-universal temperature scale is backwards.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.