Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

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

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.