An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

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

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

Legend has it that Bishop Oliver King dreamed of angels ascending to heaven and ordered the church's reconstruction in the late 1400s

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Bent but not broken, this massive tree has stood in the garden for over a century.