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

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.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.