A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

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

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

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

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

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

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

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.

This Roman theater was crafted into the local tuff rock and was rediscovered during the 19th-century.