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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

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

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

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

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.