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

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.