Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Automatons that were once removed after one fell from the building.

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.

This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

A curious fountain that resembles a beloved character from the 1960s.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

Some of the secrets of human origin are revealed at this museum.

The oldest vestiges of Madrid found here, have been incorporated into this new museum.