Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

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

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

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

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

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

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

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

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

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.