Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Cave carved out of a huge snow drift collapsed killing one and injuring five in July 2015.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.