Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

This poured-concrete water reservoir is a gem of modernist architecture well-hidden in a city forest.

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.

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.