A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

A Victorian garden in a harsh climate at the border of the prairies and foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The site where two doves fell in love.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.