The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

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

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.