From Paris to Tokyo to Washington, DC, here are some of the world's best known attractions that are closing permanently or temporarily in 2024.
In 2019, the world watched in horror as Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire.
French President Emmanuel Macron originally supported a more modern rebuild of the famed church, but the traditionalists won out and the 850-year-old attraction will be restored to its original look.
It is planned to reopen at the end of 2024.
Although the inside-on-the-outside Paris museum still looks shockingly modern, the Centre Pompidou is actually in its sixth decade.
Following the Summer Olympics in France's capital this summer, the Pompidou will take a rest to undergo a multimillion-dollar modernisation program.
"Our Lady of the Pipes" will be closed through 2030.
It was a tourist destination for half a century, but a billionaire buyer has taken the remains of Leonardo Da Vinci's Italian vineyard into private ownership.
French billionaire Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH, purchased the Milan property in December 2022 and has not made any statements about when – or if – travellers will ever be able to visit it again.
Widely considered the first Western-style luxury hotel in Japan's capital when it opened in 1994, the Park Hyatt has had a glamorous life.
But for its 30th birthday, the hotel will close in May 2024 to go through what Hyatt calls a "property-wide renewal."
The rooftop New York Bar, which film fans will recognise from the movie Lost in Translation, will close earlier, starting its renovations in January.
Home to the world-famous Ishtar Gate, the Pergamonmuseum is part of Berlin's UNESCO World Heritage-listed Museum Island complex.
The museum be closed until 2027 as part of an ambitious upgrade project, which will create a new central pedestrian zone, expand exhibition halls and more.
This popular Taiwan photo spot – which did, in fact, resemble an elephant's trunk – collapsed into the sea on December 15, 2023.
The site on the island's northeast coast had long been at risk due to erosion and was blocked from public access since 2010.
After 35 years and nearly 14,000 performances, the iconic musical Phantom of the Opera took its final bow on the New York City stage in 2023.
It retired with the honor of being Broadway's longest-running show ever, beating out other popular musicals like Cats, Les Miserables and A Chorus Line.
Despite a splashy unveiling and a connection to one of the world's best-known pieces of intellectual property, the Star Wars-themed Galactic Cruiser at Walt Disney World in Florida closed down in 2023.
The immersive experience was a full-service hotel but also offered lightsaber training, encounters with droids and characters from the movies, and drinks at Oga's Cantina.
Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant that popularised New Nordic cuisine, will serve its final customers in 2024.
However, it won't disappear completely. In 2025, Noma will reopen as "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavours," according to a statement on its website.