Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

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

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.