A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

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

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

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

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.