This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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