This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.