Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.