An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

The site where two doves fell in love.

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

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

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

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The home and studio of one of Japan's most avant-garde artists is now a museum showcasing his surreal works.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

Home of coppersmiths whose families have been working here since the 17th century.

A heritage stone building that preserves over a million historical documents and rare artifacts.

Japan’s oldest clock tower has been called one of the country’s most disappointing attractions.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."