Paris, France
'Jeune Éléphant pris au Piège' ('Young Elephant Caught in a Trap')
This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.
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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
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Florence, Italy
This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Florence, Italy
Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Kearny, New Jersey
This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
Wilmington, North Carolina
An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.
Morristown, New Jersey
A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Livingston, New Jersey
An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Millburn, New Jersey
These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.
Staten Island, New York
The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.
Queens, New York
This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.
Queens, New York
A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.