The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.