Places samhartley101 Wants to Go

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

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

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

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

You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.