The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

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

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.