This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

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

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.