A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.

The first and only cat cafe in Iceland

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

A market building entangled in St. Augustine's history of slavery and civil rights protest

An empty bookshelf commemorates the books which were lost during the infamous event

The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters

A whimsical Renaissance fountain sculpture from Florence, world-renowned for defying convention.

A little slice of 19th century France tucked away in the Colorado mountains.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.