The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

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

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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.

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

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

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

A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.