A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

Designed to mark the geographical center of France.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

One of the largest collections of holy relics in the country.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

A monument dedicated to three unlikely visitors to North America.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.