This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

A cannonball from Union forces battling John Hunt Morgan made this church a permanent home.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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

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

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.