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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

The oldest church building in the state.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

One of Malta’s most important Neolithic sites sits in a suburban area south of the country’s capital.

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.