A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

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

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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

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

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

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.