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

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."