Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The most confusing clock in New York.