The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.