This sinister Baroque entryway could lead you to a terrible fate.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Europe's largest river aquarium features freshwater species from around the world.

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

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

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

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

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

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

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.