These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Half of a house.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.