This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.