One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

The spot where Parvati convinced Shiva to marry her, has become a pilgrimage site for married and unmarried women.

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.