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Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.