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

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

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

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.