A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.