Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Olomouc, Czechia
Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.
Milford, Connecticut
This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.