A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

The last of its kind in the country.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.