This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.