The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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.

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.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

This nomadic monster has divided opinions as it prowls across Canada.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.