Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Museum design and public transportation meet in this unique Russian train car.

The deepest metro station in the world.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.