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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This Portland Art gallery doubles as a studio that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.