An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Built by a king and rebuilt by an emperor, this aqueduct transported water for 1,200 years to this ancient Mediterranean hub.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.