Munich, Germany
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This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.
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Munich, Germany
This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.
Munich, Germany
On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Munich, Germany
An Orthodox church inside a small "Garden of Eden" built by a man who had a vision.
Munich, Germany
This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Munich, Germany
Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
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France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, France
Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.
Paris, France
A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.
Paris, France
This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Paris, France
Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.
Paris, France
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.