The world's largest collection of fire-fighting items dating back almost 350 years.

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

A uniquely preserved neo-Gothic church that is now home to a collection of art and woodcarvings.

A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

A space-grade telescope mirror lies discarded in the shrubs.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

The hands on this clock appear to be created by two workers sweeping debris into careful positions.

This spectrum of a star was observed by one of the world's most accurate spectrographs. 

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

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

Gander at model satellites and telescopes in this scientific lobby.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.