A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

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

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The earliest pagoda built in the beautiful Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.