In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Narrowest house in Boston.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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