When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

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.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.