The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.