Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

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

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.