Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

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

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.