The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A collection of artifacts from two worldwide industries that called Endicott, NY home.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

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

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

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

This indiscriminate collection of audio antiques is trying to preserve the history of the audio industry one vintage appliance at a time.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.