Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

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

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

Auguste Maïcon, a pioneer in French aviation, was born in this house in 1891.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

The titular "little arch" near this Italian resort is one of the most popular diving spots in the country.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.