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

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

An ancient aqueduct tells the story of Sardinia's ancient Roman past.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.