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

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

A painted medieval castle where the most celebrated outlaw-poet of the Middle Ages was imprisoned — and where you can descend into his exact cell, nine centuries later.

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

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.