The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

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

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

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.