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

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

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A non-profit that uses the impressive smelling abilities of African Pouched Rats to find and clear unexploded land mines.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.