Paris, France
The Heart of Voltaire
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
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Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
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.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Montecelio, Italy
This incredible second-century sculpture depicts a trio of gods worshipped by the ancient Romans.
New York, New York
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
Staten Island, New York
A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
Milan, Italy
Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Reykjavik, Iceland
A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Buffalo, New York
A Byzantine-style concrete artwork pays tribute to a 17th-century saint.
Buffalo, New York
An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.
Buffalo, New York
This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States. Currently undergoing renovations, it is set to reopen in late 2025.
Buffalo, New York
This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.
Butte, Montana
Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.
Great Falls, Montana
"Polynesia on the Plains."
Lindsborg, Kansas
This century-old painting of a portly 10-foot-tall man spent years hidden behind plaster.