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.

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

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

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.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.