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

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

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

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

High in the mountains of Kochi Prefecture, a magnificent library designed by a world-famous architect.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.