In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

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

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.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

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

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

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