Fort Garry was a pivotal post for the Hudson’s Bay Company and a major factor in the economy and political culture of the area.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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

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

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

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

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.