One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This metal church may or may not have been designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

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

Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Venice's island of the dead.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.