Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

This mural changes every few years.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.