Places trwier Wants to Go

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

Hidden 2600-year-old Urartian tomb is located in close proximity to a busy shopping mall.

A door-hating guardian spirit presides over this mountain where one of the largest religious festivals in Georgia takes place.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.