The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.