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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

Nicknamed “The Mushroom,” this unique water tower has been featured in several iconic movie scenes.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

The famous sculptor had a hand in this imposing fortress.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

This ancient Roman bridge was a key feature of the ancient Via Salaria road.

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.

When occupying Nazi troops detonated a mine below, medieval frescoes were revealed in this small cliff-side hermitage.

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

A large replica of a monumental Roman inscription is located on the side of this museum.

A Roman temple perched over an Italian town, forgotten several times over.

The leathery remains of a woman who died in the 13th century now lie in a church named for her.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

One of the earliest depictions of an Arthurian scene that is shrouded in mystery.