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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

This hidden alley near the location of Rome's first theater was the site of a curious miracle.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

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

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

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

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.