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

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

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

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

A white oak with property rights.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

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

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.