The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.

An architectural marvel built by a nearly forgotten Canadian Quaker sect, the Children of Peace.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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