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

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.