Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

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

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

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

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

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

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.