Places Petronille Wants to Go

This collection of lurid religious statues tell the tales of a saint who stood down the devil.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.

18th century anatomical amphitheater of the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.