Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
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Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Montreal, Québec
The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital.
Percé, Québec
More than 50,000 gannets claim the cliffs of Bonaventure Island.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Grand Junction, Colorado
A statue honoring Grand Junction local James Dalton Trumbo, writing from his favorite spot, his bathtub.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.
Paris, France
A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.
Paris, France
After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.
Paris, France
An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.
Paris, France
This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Paris, France
The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.
Paris, France
The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.
Paris, France
This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
Paris, France
The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.
Paris, France
This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.