A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.