These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

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.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.

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

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

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Small lakes provide outstanding reflective views of the Earl Mountains

A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

A winding staircase that appears to lead to nowhere is actually a diving platform into the Wellington Harbour.

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.