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

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

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

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.