Menton, France
Fête du Citron
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
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Menton, France
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
Paris, France
The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Vienna, Austria
Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.
Iceland
This five-foot-tall bronze bird is a memorial to a species that was hunted out of existence.
Flateyri, Iceland
The oldest bookstore in Iceland.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Walnut Creek, California
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
San Francisco, California
A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Washington, D.C.
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Washington, D.C.
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Arlington, Virginia
Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Atlanta, Georgia
Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.