Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

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

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

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

This slightly spooky yet nostalgic theme park claims to be the first of its kind in Australia.

A taste of Egypt on the outskirts of Geelong.

A stuffed, prize-winning ram is all that remains of a world-renowned stud line, and a reminder of its owner's gruesome end.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.