A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

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

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

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

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.