A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

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

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

"Try not to knock anything over!"