The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

Designed to mark the geographical center of France.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

The ruins stand as a somber reminder of France’s worst civil catastrophe of the 20th century.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

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

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.