This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.