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Jacob Monninger

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Teylers Museum

Haarlem, Netherlands

Teylers Museum

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

This black locust is the oldest tree in Paris.

Paris, France

Oldest Tree in Paris

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

The Pointer

Corona, New Mexico

'Cowboy Ruckus'

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

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 Last Original Standard Metre

Paris, France

The Last Original Standard Metre

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

Cafe outside the museum

Paris, France

Musée de la Vie Romantique

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

Salvador Dalí Sundial

Paris, France

Salvador Dalí Sundial

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The ornament collection spans decades.

Dearborn, Michigan

The Hallmark Collection at the Henry Ford Museum

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

A Conversation with Oscar Wilde.

London, England

'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The nose on Admiralty Arch.

London, England

Seven Noses of Soho

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This classic London pub has a surprising history behind it.

London, England

John Snow

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

Heart eyes.

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Plein Rond de Eik

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

The front of the museum in present day.

Utrecht, Netherlands

The Railway Museum (Spoorwegmuseum)

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

Nijntje stoplight

Utrecht, Netherlands

Miffy Traffic Light

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

The UFO of Inktpot

Utrecht, Netherlands

The UFO of Inktpot

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

The Little Boat in Antwerp.

Antwerp, Belgium

Het Bootje (The Little Boat)

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

The Nello and Patrasche sculpture in Handschoenmarkt.

Antwerp, Belgium

Nello and Patrasche

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Brabo Fountain.

Antwerp, Belgium

Brabo Fountain

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

Elvis in all his bronze glory.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Statue of Elvis Presley

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Elvis Presley Final Concert Plaque

Indianapolis, Indiana

Elvis Presley Final Concert Plaque

A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.

Strater Hotel

Durango, Colorado

Strater Hotel

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Uniroyal Gal in her bikini during the summer pool season.

Peoria, Illinois

Uniroyal Gal

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

American Science & Surplus

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

American Science & Surplus

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

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