A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

A statue representing a lost Roman profession that was vandalized for centuries.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The middle finger of modernity.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.