This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

Just off I-55 in McLean, Illinois, is a place where you can play over 100 arcade and pinball machines for 25-75 cents a pop.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

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

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

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.