World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.