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

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.