The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

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

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

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

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

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.

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