As promised, today's post is a closer look at the Gallery of Chimeras, as designed by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, architect in charge of the ...

  Over the course of the next week, I'd like to offer a tour of Notre Dame Cathedral.  While Paris has an incredible number of cathedr...

  I've always been curious about gargoyles.  I've been intrigued that so much effort was put into making such macabre images.  How...