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

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.

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

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.