Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Barcelona, Spain
An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.
Barcelona, Spain
An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.
Barcelona, Spain
It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.
Barcelona, Spain
Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Barcelona, Spain
A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.
Barcelona, Spain
This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.
Barcelona, Spain
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Claremont, California
Orozco’s fiery mural that brought the Mexican Muralist Movement to the U.S.
Bakersfield, California
Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.
Folsom, California
This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.
Sacramento, California
Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.
Sacramento, California
The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.
Coloma, California
His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.
Sacramento, California
This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.