Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

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.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

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

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

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

An underground city of salt.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.