This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

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

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.