Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

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

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The narrowest street in Paris.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.