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

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

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The last of its kind in the country.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.