The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

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.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

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

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.