Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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.

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

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

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.