Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

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

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

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

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

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.