Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

The largest model carrot in the world.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.