Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

Dad jokes and wordplay abound in this comic fake cemetery.

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

The largest land animal skull ever discovered.