Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

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

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.