This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

Something's watching you.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

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

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.