Paris, France
Fountain of Innocents
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
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Paris, France
A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Stockholm, Sweden
A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.
Åkraberg, Sweden
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Gnisvärd, Sweden
Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.
Stockholm, Sweden
A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.
Ekerö, Sweden
18th century opera in its original splendor.
Åtvidaberg, Sweden
In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.
Hjärup, Sweden
This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.
Stockholm, Sweden
Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
Gävle, Sweden
If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.