Known as Manila's "last lung," this park used to house a market, garrison, and various government buildings.

A church made of steel.

A century-old ancestral home was home to some of the key figures of the Philippine Revolution.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

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

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

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

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

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.