The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

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

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.