A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

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

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

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

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.