How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.