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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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.

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

Nevada's second-newest state park offers camping, fishing, hiking, and river float trips.

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.