Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

A precariously balanced goose-shaped boulder with a dark legend.

This plaza is home to a number of works, including Montpellier‘s own Arc de Triomphe.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This large stone off the coast of Martinique had a brief career in the Royal Navy.

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

Also known as the Limete Tower, la Tour de l'Échangeur can be seen from almost everywhere in Kinshasa.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.