After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

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

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

The stately remains of Llywelyn the Great's mighty fortress.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.