Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.