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

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Despite a history of destruction, this former citadel survives to document Afghanistan's oft overlooked history.

A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

This old-timey Chinatown institution specializes in one of the city’s best Thai-Chinese fusion dishes.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.

A 17th-century mosque that was used for war more than worship.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.