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PA-03 up close, the oldest original invader.

Paris, France

Paris Space Invaders

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

'Día y Noche' (Day and Night)

Madrid, Spain

'Día y Noche' (Day and Night)

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

Venice, Italy

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Au Roi de la Bière

Paris, France

Au Roi de la Bière

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The Rainbow Bar & Grill exterior.

West Hollywood, California

Rainbow Bar & Grill

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The view from the neighborhood

Los Angeles, California

Eagle Rock

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Eze-sur-mer seen from the Nietzsche path.

Èze, France

Nietzsche's Path

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Berkeley Weather Beacon

Boston, Massachusetts

Berkeley Weather Beacon

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Jemaa el-Fna.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Jemaa el-Fna Square

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Quartzsite's camel sculpture.

Quartzsite, Arizona

The Red Ghost of Quartzsite

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

The Powell Memorial.

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Powell Memorial

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

Hi Jolly Monument

Quartzsite, Arizona

Hi Jolly Monument

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

Very hot books in a very hot shop.

Quartzsite, Arizona

Reader's Oasis Books

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Lake Havasu's London Bridge

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Lake Havasu's London Bridge

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The Thing

Benson, Arizona

The Thing

What is the Thing?

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Sedona, Arizona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Petrified Wood

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Horseshoe Bend

Page, Arizona

Horseshoe Bend

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Antelope Canyon

Page, Arizona

Antelope Canyon

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church

Hachita, New Mexico

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Mission Church

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

John Sowden House. (Wikimedia Commons)

Los Angeles, California

John Sowden House

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Sparky's

Hatch, New Mexico

Sparky's

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Cabinetlandia library.

Deming, New Mexico

Cabinetlandia

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Recycled Roadrunner Statue

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Recycled Roadrunner Statue

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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