Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

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

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

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

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

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.