Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.