A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.