A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.