When the imprisoned pope's remains were finally returned to the Vatican, his heart stayed behind in France.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

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

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.