Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.