A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A French museum of wrought iron.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.