A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

A centuries-old tithe barn in Lanzarote's oldest town

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

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.

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

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

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

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

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

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

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.