Cergy, France
'Axe Majeur' ('Major Axis')
This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
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Cergy, France
This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
Defiance, Missouri
Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Safford, Arizona
One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.
Leiden, Netherlands
Once the world's biggest telescope, it was later used as a coat hanger by a famous Dutch astronomer.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Lucknow, India
Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.
Toldijk, Netherlands
An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Port Costa, California
A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.
Lee, Massachusetts
Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
Virginia City, Nevada
The oldest hotel in Nevada.
Guilford Township, Indiana
One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.
West Hollywood, California
Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.
London, England
Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.
Taipei, Taiwan
An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.