Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.