Places Ang Harv Wants to Go

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.