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

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A scene from one of Hungary's most famous novels.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.